Crystallography Made Crystal Clear
A Guide for Users of Macromolecular Models

Expanded and updated edition uses four-color art and concise language to explain the basis of X-ray crystallography

Gale Rhodes (Author)

9780125870733, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 13 March 2006

352 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.608 kg

Praise for the first edition"Well-written...in my opinion is now the best reference for noncrystallographers who want to know more about X-ray diffraction and the data that result from it." --AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Crystallography Made Crystal Clear makes crystallography accessible to readers who have no prior knowledge of the field or its mathematical basis. This is the most comprehensive and concise reference for beginning Macromolecular crystallographers, written by a leading expert in the field. Rhodes' uses visual and geometric models to help readers understand the mathematics that form the basis of x-ray crystallography. He has invested a great deal of time and effort on World Wide Web tools for users of models, including beginning-level tutorials in molecular modeling on personal computers. Rhodes' personal CMCC Home Page also provides access to tools and links to resources discussed in the text. Most significantly, the final chapter introduces the reader to macromolecular modeling on personal computers-featuring SwissPdbViewer, a free, powerful modeling program now available for PC, Power Macintosh, and Unix computers. This updated and expanded new edition uses attractive four-color art, web tool access for further study, and concise language to explain the basis of X-ray crystallography, increasingly vital in today's research labs.

1. Model and Molecule2. An Overview of Protein Crystallography3. Protein Crystals4. Collecting Diffraction Data5. From Diffraction Data to Electron Data6. Obtaining Phases7. Obtaining and Judging the Molecular Model8. A User's Guide to Crystallographic Models9. Other Diffraction Methods10. Other Kinds of Macromolecular Models11. Tools for Studying Macromolecules

Subject Areas: Crystallography [PNT]