hi Recently on a paper I submitted, it was the editor of the journal who wanted exactly the same thing. I never argued with the editor about this (should have maybe), but it could be one cause of the epidemic that Bart Hazes saw....
best regards Marjolein On Mar 3, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Roberto Battistutta wrote: > Dear all, > I got a reviewer comment that indicate the "need to refine the structures at > an appropriate resolution (I/sigmaI of >3.0), and re-submit the revised > coordinate files to the PDB for validation.". In the manuscript I present > some crystal structures determined by molecular replacement using the same > protein in a different space group as search model. Does anyone know the > origin or the theoretical basis of this "I/sigmaI >3.0" rule for an > appropriate resolution? > Thanks, > Bye, > Roberto. > > > Roberto Battistutta > Associate Professor > Department of Chemistry > University of Padua > via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova - ITALY > tel. +39.049.8275265/67 > fax. +39.049.8275239 > roberto.battistu...@unipd.it > www.chimica.unipd.it/roberto.battistutta/ > VIMM (Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine) > via Orus 2, 35129 Padova - ITALY > tel. +39.049.7923236 > fax +39.049.7923250 > www.vimm.it
