Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals; Sorry for HTML.

2013-11-07 Thread Jens Kaiser
> > > > about division by zero.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > Tim
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 11/06/2013 05:54 PM, Fulvio Saccoccia wrote:
> > > > > > Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical
> > > > > > aspect rather than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what is
> > > > > > the mathematical model that one should apply to be able to deal
> > > > > > with twinned intensities with their errors? I mean, I+_what? I ask
> > > > > > this In order to state some general consideration on the accuracy
> > > > > > about the recovery the true intensities on varying of alpha. Thanks
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >  Fulvio
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Fulvio Saccoccia PhD Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Sapienza
> > > > > > University of Rome 5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185 phone +39 0649910556
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Messaggio Originale Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com
> > > > > > Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Oggetto:
> > > > > > [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities
> > > > > > from twinned crystals
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Dear Fulvio, you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this
> > > > > > formula. The term (1-2α) becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero.
> > > > > > With good refinement programs (ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done
> > > > > > against twinned data, which is better than to detwin the data with
> > > > > > the formula you mention.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated
> > > > > > contribution of the twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from Fobs
> > > > > > (with the appropriate weighting factors), so what you see in coot
> > > > > > is detwinned electron density. In practical terms, the only thing
> > > > > > you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in Refmac.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Best regards, Herman
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag
> > > > > > von Fulvio Saccoccia Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 16:58 An:
> > > > > > CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Betreff: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated
> > > > > > with intensities from twinned crystals
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Dear ccp4 users
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral
> > > > > > twinned crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should
> > > > > > be able to recover the intensities from the formulas:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > as stated in many papers and books*.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to these
> > > > > > measurements, I mean: for all physical observable an uncertainty
> > > > > > should be given.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect merohedrally
> > > > > > twinned crystal (alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in this case we drop
> > > > > > in a singular value of the above formulas.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter.
> > > > > > Probably there is something that it is not so clear to me.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Fulvio
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo, M.
> > > > > > Milaneso, G. Ferraris, G. Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M. Catti.
> > > > > > Fundamentals of Crystallography, 3rd edition. IUCr Texts on
> > > > > > Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford University Press, 2011;
> > > > > > Chandra, N., Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). Acta Cryst. D55.
> > > > > > 1750-1758)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Sapienza University of Rome
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Tel. +39 0649910556


Re: [ccp4bb] R: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals; Sorry for HTML.

2013-11-07 Thread Tim Gruene
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Dear Jens,

thanks for setting this right.

Best,
Tim

On 11/07/2013 07:53 AM, Jens Kaiser wrote:
> Fulvio, Tim, error propagation is correct, but wrongly applied in
> Tim's example. s_f= \sqrt{ \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {x}
> }\right)^2 s_x^2 + \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {y} }\right)^2
> s_y^2 + \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {z} }\right)^2 s_z^2 +
> ...} (see 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty#Simplification)
>
> 
The uncertainty in a derived magnitude is always larger than any
> individual uncertainty, so no subtraction, anytime. Furthermore,
> in Tim's example you could end up with negative sigmas..
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jens
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 04:44 +0100, Tim Gruene wrote:
> 
>> Dear Fulvio,
>> 
>> with simple error propagation, the error would be sigma(I(h1)) =
>> (1-α)sigma(Iobs(h1))-α*sigma(Iobs(h2))/(1-2α)
>> 
>> would it not?
>> 
>> Although especially for theoretical aspects you should be
>> concerned about division by zero.
>> 
>> Best, Tim
>> 
>> On 11/06/2013 05:54 PM, Fulvio Saccoccia wrote:
>>> Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical 
>>> aspect rather than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what
>>> is the mathematical model that one should apply to be able to
>>> deal with twinned intensities with their errors? I mean,
>>> I+_what? I ask this In order to state some general
>>> consideration on the accuracy about the recovery the true
>>> intensities on varying of alpha. Thanks Fulvio
>>> 
>>> Fulvio Saccoccia PhD Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Sapienza 
>>> University of Rome 5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185 phone +39
>>> 0649910556
>>> 
>>> Messaggio Originale Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com 
>>> Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Oggetto: 
>>> [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with
>>> intensities from twinned crystals
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dear Fulvio, you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with
>>> this formula. The term (1-2α) becomes zero, so you are dividing
>>> by zero. With good refinement programs (ShelX, Refmac),
>>> refinement is done against twinned data, which is better than
>>> to detwin the data with the formula you mention.
>>> 
>>> As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated 
>>> contribution of the twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from
>>> Fobs (with the appropriate weighting factors), so what you see
>>> in coot is detwinned electron density. In practical terms, the
>>> only thing you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in
>>> Refmac.
>>> 
>>> Best regards, Herman
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im
>>> Auftrag von Fulvio Saccoccia Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November
>>> 2013 16:58 An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Betreff: [ccp4bb]
>>> uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned
>>> crystals
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dear ccp4 users
>>> 
>>> a question about the recovering of true intensities from
>>> merohedral twinned crystal. Providing alpha and the twin
>>> operator one should be able to recover the intensities from the
>>> formulas:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)
>>> 
>>> I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)
>>> 
>>> as stated in many papers and books*.
>>> 
>>> However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to
>>> these measurements, I mean: for all physical observable an
>>> uncertainty should be given.
>>> 
>>> Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect
>>> merohedrally twinned crystal (alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in
>>> this case we drop in a singular value of the above formulas.
>>> 
>>> Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter. 
>>> Probably there is something that it is not so clear to me.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Fulvio
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo,
>>> M. Milaneso, G. Ferraris, G. Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M.
>>> Catti. Fundamentals of Crystallography, 3rd edition. IUCr Texts
>>> on Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford University Press, 2011; 
>>> Chandra, N., Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). Acta Cryst.
>>> D55. 1750-1758)
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD
>>> 
>>> Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"
>>> 
>>> Sapienza University of Rome
>>> 
>>> Tel. +39 0649910556
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 

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- --
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Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
Tammannstr. 4
D-37077 Goettingen

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Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals; Sorry for HTML.

2013-11-07 Thread Fulvio Saccoccia
Dear all,
thank you for your reply. I would summarize my concerns and opinions, 
so 
far:

1) for QTLS (non-merohedral twinning - non intersecting lattices) I think one 
should consider the variables as independent and random and it is possible to 
recover the true intensities of a unique lattice from the stronger diffracting 
one (see for example Jenni & Ban, 2009, Acta D65, 101-111). Hence, the 
quadratic formula (reported fomr Jens Kaiser) can be applied;

2) for TLS (merohedral twinning - perfectly overlapping spots) I think one 
should not consider the two variable independent since they are related by 
alpha (see the formulas I reported in my first message). In this case, I think 
the right formula should be that reported by Tim Grune, that as far as I know 
overestimates the true error but in this case the quadratic is not applicable.

Therefore, one would be prone to conclude that the uncertainties associated to 
merohedral-twinned crystals are higher than regular crystals or non-merohedral 
crystals. What's your opinion about? 


In data mercoledì 6 novembre 2013 23:29:01, Jens Kaiser ha scritto:
> Tassos,
>   I'm no expert either, and there are caveats for using this formula on
> correlated magnitudes. But I would assume that the intensities of twin
> related reflections should be independent from each other (that's my
> understanding of the sigmoid cumulative intensity distribution of
> twins). Thus, I think the simple Gaussian error propagation should be
> applicable to uncertainty estimates in detwinned intensities.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jens
> 
> On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 08:09 +0100, Anastassis Perrakis wrote:
> > Dear Jens,
> > 
> > 
> > That formula for error propagation is correct for independent
> > measurements.
> > Does this assumption stand true for Intensities in twinning? I am no
> > expert, but I would think not.
> > 
> > 
> > Tassos
> > 
> > On 7 Nov 2013, at 7:53, Jens Kaiser wrote:
> > > Fulvio, Tim,
> > > 
> > >   error propagation is correct, but wrongly applied in Tim's
> > > 
> > > example.
> > > s_f= \sqrt{ \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {x} }\right)^2 s_x^2 +
> > > \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {y} }\right)^2 s_y^2 +
> > > \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {z} }\right)^2 s_z^2 + ...} (see
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty#Simplification)
> > > The uncertainty in a derived magnitude is always larger than any
> > > individual uncertainty, so no subtraction, anytime. Furthermore, in
> > > Tim's example you could end up with negative sigmas..
> > > 
> > > HTH,
> > > 
> > > Jens
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 04:44 +0100, Tim Gruene wrote:
> > > > Dear Fulvio,
> > > > 
> > > > with simple error propagation, the error would be
> > > > sigma(I(h1)) = (1-α)sigma(Iobs(h1))-α*sigma(Iobs(h2))/(1-2α)
> > > > 
> > > > would it not?
> > > > 
> > > > Although especially for theoretical aspects you should be concerned
> > > > about division by zero.
> > > > 
> > > > Best,
> > > > Tim
> > > > 
> > > > On 11/06/2013 05:54 PM, Fulvio Saccoccia wrote:
> > > > > Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical
> > > > > aspect rather than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what is
> > > > > the mathematical model that one should apply to be able to deal
> > > > > with twinned intensities with their errors? I mean, I+_what? I ask
> > > > > this In order to state some general consideration on the accuracy
> > > > > about the recovery the true intensities on varying of alpha. Thanks
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Fulvio
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fulvio Saccoccia PhD Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Sapienza
> > > > > University of Rome 5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185 phone +39 0649910556
> > > > > 
> > > > > Messaggio Originale Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com
> > > > > Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Oggetto:
> > > > > [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities
> > > > > from twinned crystals
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Dear Fulvio, you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this
> > > > > formula. The term (1-2α) becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero.
> > > > > With good refinement programs (ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done
> >

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals; Sorry for HTML.

2013-11-07 Thread Herman . Schreuder
Dear Fulvio and others,

I do not understand this whole discussion. In case of perfectly twinned 
crystals, it is impossible to derive a detwinned F1 and F2 from two 
independent, but otherwise identical measurements. In this case, the only 
signal is noise, and one could as well use a random generator to get the 
detwinned data. It makes perfectly sense to me that in this case the 
theoretical error would be infinite. In practical terms, since in case of 
twinning intensities and not structure factors are added, the error cannot be 
larger than twice the largest of the two measurements plus twice the error for 
that measurement. There might be a formula to properly calculate this error.

My 2 cents,
Herman  



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Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag von Jens 
Kaiser
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. November 2013 08:29
An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Betreff: Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with 
intensities from twinned crystals; Sorry for HTML.

Tassos,
  I'm no expert either, and there are caveats for using this formula on 
correlated magnitudes. But I would assume that the intensities of twin related 
reflections should be independent from each other (that's my understanding of 
the sigmoid cumulative intensity distribution of twins). Thus, I think the 
simple Gaussian error propagation should be applicable to uncertainty estimates 
in detwinned intensities.

Cheers,

Jens

On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 08:09 +0100, Anastassis Perrakis wrote:
> Dear Jens,
> 
> 
> That formula for error propagation is correct for independent 
> measurements.
> Does this assumption stand true for Intensities in twinning? I am no 
> expert, but I would think not.
> 
> 
> Tassos
> 
> On 7 Nov 2013, at 7:53, Jens Kaiser wrote:
> 
> > Fulvio, Tim,
> >   error propagation is correct, but wrongly applied in Tim's 
> > example.
> > s_f= \sqrt{ \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {x} }\right)^2 s_x^2 + 
> > \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {y} }\right)^2 s_y^2 + 
> > \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {z} }\right)^2 s_z^2 + ...} (see
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty#Simplificati
> > on) The uncertainty in a derived magnitude is always larger than any 
> > individual uncertainty, so no subtraction, anytime. Furthermore, in 
> > Tim's example you could end up with negative sigmas..
> > 
> > HTH,
> > 
> > Jens
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 04:44 +0100, Tim Gruene wrote: 
> > > Dear Fulvio,
> > > 
> > > with simple error propagation, the error would be
> > > sigma(I(h1)) = (1-α)sigma(Iobs(h1))-α*sigma(Iobs(h2))/(1-2α)
> > > 
> > > would it not?
> > > 
> > > Although especially for theoretical aspects you should be 
> > > concerned about division by zero.
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > Tim
> > > 
> > > On 11/06/2013 05:54 PM, Fulvio Saccoccia wrote:
> > > > Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical 
> > > > aspect rather than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what 
> > > > is the mathematical model that one should apply to be able to 
> > > > deal with twinned intensities with their errors? I mean, 
> > > > I+_what? I ask this In order to state some general consideration 
> > > > on the accuracy about the recovery the true intensities on 
> > > > varying of alpha. Thanks  Fulvio
> > > > 
> > > > Fulvio Saccoccia PhD Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Sapienza 
> > > > University of Rome 5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185 phone +39 
> > > > 0649910556
> > > > 
> > > > Messaggio Originale Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com
> > > > Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Oggetto:
> > > > [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities 
> > > > from twinned crystals
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Dear Fulvio, you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this 
> > > > formula. The term (1-2α) becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero.
> > > > With good refinement programs (ShelX, Refmac), refinement is 
> > > > done against twinned data, which is better than to detwin the 
> > > > data with the formula you mention.
> > > > 
> > > > As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated 
> > > > contribution of the twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from 
> > > > Fobs (with the appropriate weighting factors), so what you see 
> > > > in coot is detwinned electron density. In pra

Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals; Sorry for HTML.

2013-11-06 Thread Jens Kaiser
Tassos,
  I'm no expert either, and there are caveats for using this formula on
correlated magnitudes. But I would assume that the intensities of twin
related reflections should be independent from each other (that's my
understanding of the sigmoid cumulative intensity distribution of
twins). Thus, I think the simple Gaussian error propagation should be
applicable to uncertainty estimates in detwinned intensities.

Cheers,

Jens

On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 08:09 +0100, Anastassis Perrakis wrote:
> Dear Jens,
> 
> 
> That formula for error propagation is correct for independent
> measurements.
> Does this assumption stand true for Intensities in twinning? I am no
> expert, but I would think not.
> 
> 
> Tassos
> 
> On 7 Nov 2013, at 7:53, Jens Kaiser wrote:
> 
> > Fulvio, Tim,
> >   error propagation is correct, but wrongly applied in Tim's
> > example.
> > s_f= \sqrt{ \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {x} }\right)^2 s_x^2 +
> > \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {y} }\right)^2 s_y^2 +
> > \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {z} }\right)^2 s_z^2 + ...} (see
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty#Simplification)
> > The uncertainty in a derived magnitude is always larger than any
> > individual uncertainty, so no subtraction, anytime. Furthermore, in
> > Tim's example you could end up with negative sigmas..
> > 
> > HTH,
> > 
> > Jens
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 04:44 +0100, Tim Gruene wrote: 
> > > Dear Fulvio,
> > > 
> > > with simple error propagation, the error would be
> > > sigma(I(h1)) = (1-α)sigma(Iobs(h1))-α*sigma(Iobs(h2))/(1-2α)
> > > 
> > > would it not?
> > > 
> > > Although especially for theoretical aspects you should be concerned
> > > about division by zero.
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > Tim
> > > 
> > > On 11/06/2013 05:54 PM, Fulvio Saccoccia wrote:
> > > > Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical
> > > > aspect rather than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what is
> > > > the mathematical model that one should apply to be able to deal
> > > > with twinned intensities with their errors? I mean, I+_what? I ask
> > > > this In order to state some general consideration on the accuracy
> > > > about the recovery the true intensities on varying of alpha. Thanks
> > > >  Fulvio
> > > > 
> > > > Fulvio Saccoccia PhD Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Sapienza
> > > > University of Rome 5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185 phone +39 0649910556
> > > > 
> > > > Messaggio Originale Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com 
> > > > Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Oggetto:
> > > > [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities
> > > > from twinned crystals
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Dear Fulvio, you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this
> > > > formula. The term (1-2α) becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero.
> > > > With good refinement programs (ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done
> > > > against twinned data, which is better than to detwin the data with
> > > > the formula you mention.
> > > > 
> > > > As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated
> > > > contribution of the twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from Fobs
> > > > (with the appropriate weighting factors), so what you see in coot
> > > > is detwinned electron density. In practical terms, the only thing
> > > > you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in Refmac.
> > > > 
> > > > Best regards, Herman
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag
> > > > von Fulvio Saccoccia Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 16:58 An:
> > > > CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Betreff: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated
> > > > with intensities from twinned crystals
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Dear ccp4 users
> > > > 
> > > > a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral
> > > > twinned crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should
> > > > be able to recover the intensities from the formulas:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)
> > > > 
> > > > I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(

Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals; Sorry for HTML.

2013-11-06 Thread Anastassis Perrakis
Dear Jens,

That formula for error propagation is correct for independent measurements.
Does this assumption stand true for Intensities in twinning? I am no expert, 
but I would think not.

Tassos

On 7 Nov 2013, at 7:53, Jens Kaiser wrote:

> Fulvio, Tim,
>   error propagation is correct, but wrongly applied in Tim's example.
>  (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty#Simplification)
> The uncertainty in a derived magnitude is always larger than any individual 
> uncertainty, so no subtraction, anytime. Furthermore, in Tim's example you 
> could end up with negative sigmas..
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Jens
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 04:44 +0100, Tim Gruene wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Fulvio,
>> 
>> with simple error propagation, the error would be
>> sigma(I(h1)) = (1-α)sigma(Iobs(h1))-α*sigma(Iobs(h2))/(1-2α)
>> 
>> would it not?
>> 
>> Although especially for theoretical aspects you should be concerned
>> about division by zero.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Tim
>> 
>> On 11/06/2013 05:54 PM, Fulvio Saccoccia wrote:
>> > Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical
>> > aspect rather than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what is
>> > the mathematical model that one should apply to be able to deal
>> > with twinned intensities with their errors? I mean, I+_what? I ask
>> > this In order to state some general consideration on the accuracy
>> > about the recovery the true intensities on varying of alpha. Thanks
>> >  Fulvio
>> > 
>> > Fulvio Saccoccia PhD Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Sapienza
>> > University of Rome 5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185 phone +39 0649910556
>> > 
>> > Messaggio Originale Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com 
>> > Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Oggetto:
>> > [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities
>> > from twinned crystals
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Dear Fulvio, you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this
>> > formula. The term (1-2α) becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero.
>> > With good refinement programs (ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done
>> > against twinned data, which is better than to detwin the data with
>> > the formula you mention.
>> > 
>> > As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated
>> > contribution of the twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from Fobs
>> > (with the appropriate weighting factors), so what you see in coot
>> > is detwinned electron density. In practical terms, the only thing
>> > you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in Refmac.
>> > 
>> > Best regards, Herman
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag
>> > von Fulvio Saccoccia Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 16:58 An:
>> > CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Betreff: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated
>> > with intensities from twinned crystals
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Dear ccp4 users
>> > 
>> > a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral
>> > twinned crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should
>> > be able to recover the intensities from the formulas:
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)
>> > 
>> > I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)
>> > 
>> > as stated in many papers and books*.
>> > 
>> > However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to these
>> > measurements, I mean: for all physical observable an uncertainty
>> > should be given.
>> > 
>> > Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect merohedrally
>> > twinned crystal (alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in this case we drop
>> > in a singular value of the above formulas.
>> > 
>> > Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter.
>> > Probably there is something that it is not so clear to me.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Thanks in advance
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Fulvio
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo, M.
>> > Milaneso, G. Ferraris, G. Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M. Catti.
>> > Fundamentals of Crystallography, 3rd edition. IUCr Texts on
>> > Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford University Press, 2011;
>> > Chandra, N., Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). Acta Cryst. D55.
>> > 1750-1758)
>> > 
>> > --
>> > 
>> > Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD
>> > 
>> > Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"
>> > 
>> > Sapienza University of Rome
>> > 
>> > Tel. +39 0649910556
>> > 
>> 
> 



Re: [ccp4bb] R: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals; Sorry for HTML.

2013-11-06 Thread Jens Kaiser
Fulvio, Tim,
  error propagation is correct, but wrongly applied in Tim's example.
s_f= \sqrt{ \left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {x} }\right)^2 s_x^2 +
\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {y} }\right)^2 s_y^2 +
\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial {z} }\right)^2 s_z^2 + ...} (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty#Simplification)
The uncertainty in a derived magnitude is always larger than any
individual uncertainty, so no subtraction, anytime. Furthermore, in
Tim's example you could end up with negative sigmas..

HTH,

Jens


On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 04:44 +0100, Tim Gruene wrote:

> Dear Fulvio,
> 
> with simple error propagation, the error would be
> sigma(I(h1)) = (1-α)sigma(Iobs(h1))-α*sigma(Iobs(h2))/(1-2α)
> 
> would it not?
> 
> Although especially for theoretical aspects you should be concerned
> about division by zero.
> 
> Best,
> Tim
> 
> On 11/06/2013 05:54 PM, Fulvio Saccoccia wrote:
> > Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical
> > aspect rather than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what is
> > the mathematical model that one should apply to be able to deal
> > with twinned intensities with their errors? I mean, I+_what? I ask
> > this In order to state some general consideration on the accuracy
> > about the recovery the true intensities on varying of alpha. Thanks
> >  Fulvio
> > 
> > Fulvio Saccoccia PhD Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Sapienza
> > University of Rome 5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185 phone +39 0649910556
> > 
> > Messaggio Originale Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com 
> > Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Oggetto:
> > [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities
> > from twinned crystals
> > 
> > 
> > Dear Fulvio, you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this
> > formula. The term (1-2α) becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero.
> > With good refinement programs (ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done
> > against twinned data, which is better than to detwin the data with
> > the formula you mention.
> > 
> > As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated
> > contribution of the twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from Fobs
> > (with the appropriate weighting factors), so what you see in coot
> > is detwinned electron density. In practical terms, the only thing
> > you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in Refmac.
> > 
> > Best regards, Herman
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag
> > von Fulvio Saccoccia Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 16:58 An:
> > CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Betreff: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated
> > with intensities from twinned crystals
> > 
> > 
> > Dear ccp4 users
> > 
> > a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral
> > twinned crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should
> > be able to recover the intensities from the formulas:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)
> > 
> > I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)
> > 
> > as stated in many papers and books*.
> > 
> > However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to these
> > measurements, I mean: for all physical observable an uncertainty
> > should be given.
> > 
> > Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect merohedrally
> > twinned crystal (alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in this case we drop
> > in a singular value of the above formulas.
> > 
> > Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter.
> > Probably there is something that it is not so clear to me.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Fulvio
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo, M.
> > Milaneso, G. Ferraris, G. Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M. Catti.
> > Fundamentals of Crystallography, 3rd edition. IUCr Texts on
> > Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford University Press, 2011;
> > Chandra, N., Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). Acta Cryst. D55.
> > 1750-1758)
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD
> > 
> > Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"
> > 
> > Sapienza University of Rome
> > 
> > Tel. +39 0649910556
> > 
> 




Re: [ccp4bb] R: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals

2013-11-06 Thread Tim Gruene
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Dear Fulvio,

with simple error propagation, the error would be
sigma(I(h1)) = (1-α)sigma(Iobs(h1))-α*sigma(Iobs(h2))/(1-2α)

would it not?

Although especially for theoretical aspects you should be concerned
about division by zero.

Best,
Tim

On 11/06/2013 05:54 PM, Fulvio Saccoccia wrote:
> Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical
> aspect rather than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what is
> the mathematical model that one should apply to be able to deal
> with twinned intensities with their errors? I mean, I+_what? I ask
> this In order to state some general consideration on the accuracy
> about the recovery the true intensities on varying of alpha. Thanks
>  Fulvio
> 
> Fulvio Saccoccia PhD Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Sapienza
> University of Rome 5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185 phone +39 0649910556
> 
> Messaggio Originale Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com 
> Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Oggetto:
> [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities
> from twinned crystals
> 
> 
> Dear Fulvio, you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this
> formula. The term (1-2α) becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero.
> With good refinement programs (ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done
> against twinned data, which is better than to detwin the data with
> the formula you mention.
> 
> As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated
> contribution of the twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from Fobs
> (with the appropriate weighting factors), so what you see in coot
> is detwinned electron density. In practical terms, the only thing
> you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in Refmac.
> 
> Best regards, Herman
> 
> 
> 
> Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag
> von Fulvio Saccoccia Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 16:58 An:
> CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Betreff: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated
> with intensities from twinned crystals
> 
> 
> Dear ccp4 users
> 
> a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral
> twinned crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should
> be able to recover the intensities from the formulas:
> 
> 
> 
> I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)
> 
> I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)
> 
> as stated in many papers and books*.
> 
> However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to these
> measurements, I mean: for all physical observable an uncertainty
> should be given.
> 
> Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect merohedrally
> twinned crystal (alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in this case we drop
> in a singular value of the above formulas.
> 
> Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter.
> Probably there is something that it is not so clear to me.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> 
> Fulvio
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo, M.
> Milaneso, G. Ferraris, G. Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M. Catti.
> Fundamentals of Crystallography, 3rd edition. IUCr Texts on
> Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford University Press, 2011;
> Chandra, N., Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). Acta Cryst. D55.
> 1750-1758)
> 
> --
> 
> Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD
> 
> Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"
> 
> Sapienza University of Rome
> 
> Tel. +39 0649910556
> 

- -- 
Dr Tim Gruene
Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
Tammannstr. 4
D-37077 Goettingen

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[ccp4bb] R: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals

2013-11-06 Thread Fulvio Saccoccia
Thank you for reply. My question mostly concern a theoretical aspect rather 
than practical one. To be not misunderstood, what is the mathematical model 
that one should apply to be able to deal with twinned intensities with their 
errors? I mean, I+_what? I ask this In order to state some general 
consideration on the accuracy about the recovery the true intensities on 
varying of alpha.
Thanks 
Fulvio

Fulvio Saccoccia PhD
Dept. of Biochemical Sciences
Sapienza University of Rome
5, Piazzale A. Moro 00185
phone +39 0649910556

Messaggio Originale
Da: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com
Inviato:  06/11/2013, 17:25 
A: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Oggetto: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from 
twinned crystals


Dear Fulvio,
you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this formula. The term (1-2α) 
becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero. With good refinement programs 
(ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done against twinned data, which is better than 
to detwin the data with the formula you mention.

As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated contribution of the 
twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from Fobs (with the appropriate weighting 
factors), so what you see in coot is detwinned electron density. In practical 
terms, the only thing you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in Refmac.

Best regards,
Herman



Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag von Fulvio 
Saccoccia
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 16:58
An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Betreff: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned 
crystals


Dear ccp4 users

a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral twinned 
crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should be able to recover 
the intensities from the formulas:



I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)

I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)

as stated in many papers and books*.

However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to these 
measurements, I mean: for all physical observable an uncertainty should be 
given.

Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect merohedrally twinned 
crystal (alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in this case we drop in a singular value 
of the above formulas.

Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter. Probably there 
is something that it is not so clear to me.



Thanks in advance



Fulvio





ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo, M. Milaneso, G. 
Ferraris, G. Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M. Catti. Fundamentals of 
Crystallography, 3rd edition. IUCr Texts on Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford 
University Press, 2011; Chandra, N., Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). Acta 
Cryst. D55. 1750-1758)

--

Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD

Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"

Sapienza University of Rome

Tel. +39 0649910556


Re: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals

2013-11-06 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
   Bio i   
 

 Original message 
From: herman.schreu...@sanofi.com 
Date: 11/06/2013  10:25 AM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK 
Subject: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from 
twinned crystals 
 
Dear Fulvio,
you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this formula. The term (1-2α) 
becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero. With good refinement programs 
(ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done against twinned data, which is better than 
to detwin the data with the formula you mention.
 
As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated contribution of the 
twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from Fobs (with the appropriate weighting 
factors), so what you see in coot is detwinned electron density. In practical 
terms, the only thing you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in Refmac.
 
Best regards,
Herman
 
 
 
Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag von Fulvio 
Saccoccia
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 16:58
An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Betreff: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned 
crystals
 
Dear ccp4 users
a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral twinned 
crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should be able to recover 
the intensities from the formulas:
 
I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)
I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)
as stated in many papers and books*.
However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to these 
measurements, I mean: for all physical observable an uncertainty should be 
given.
Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect merohedrally twinned 
crystal (alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in this case we drop in a singular value 
of the above formulas.
Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter. Probably there 
is something that it is not so clear to me.
 
Thanks in advance
 
Fulvio
 
 
ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo, M. Milaneso, G. 
Ferraris, G. Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M. Catti. Fundamentals of 
Crystallography, 3rd edition. IUCr Texts on Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford 
University Press, 2011; Chandra, N., Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). Acta 
Cryst. D55. 1750-1758)
--
Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD
Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"
Sapienza University of Rome
Tel. +39 0649910556
 
 

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals

2013-11-06 Thread Herman . Schreuder
Dear Fulvio,
you cannot detwin perfectly twinned data with this formula. The term (1-2α) 
becomes zero, so you are dividing by zero. With good refinement programs 
(ShelX, Refmac), refinement is done against twinned data, which is better than 
to detwin the data with the formula you mention.

As I understand it, to get map coefficients, the calculated contribution of the 
twin domain (Fcalc’s) is substracted from Fobs (with the appropriate weighting 
factors), so what you see in coot is detwinned electron density. In practical 
terms, the only thing you have to do is to specify the TWIN keyword in Refmac.

Best regards,
Herman



Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag von Fulvio 
Saccoccia
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 16:58
An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Betreff: [ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned 
crystals


Dear ccp4 users

a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral twinned 
crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should be able to recover 
the intensities from the formulas:



I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)

I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)

as stated in many papers and books*.

However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to these 
measurements, I mean: for all physical observable an uncertainty should be 
given.

Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect merohedrally twinned 
crystal (alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in this case we drop in a singular value 
of the above formulas.

Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter. Probably there 
is something that it is not so clear to me.



Thanks in advance



Fulvio





ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo, M. Milaneso, G. 
Ferraris, G. Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M. Catti. Fundamentals of 
Crystallography, 3rd edition. IUCr Texts on Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford 
University Press, 2011; Chandra, N., Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). Acta 
Cryst. D55. 1750-1758)

--

Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD

Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"

Sapienza University of Rome

Tel. +39 0649910556






[ccp4bb] uncertainites associated with intensities from twinned crystals

2013-11-06 Thread Fulvio Saccoccia
Dear ccp4 users
a question about the recovering of true intensities from merohedral 
twinned crystal. Providing alpha and the twin operator one should be able to 
recover the 
intensities from the formulas:

I(h1) = (1-α)Iobs(h1)-αIobs(h2)/(1-2α)
I(h2) = -αIobs(h1)+(1+α)Iobs(h2)/(1-2α)


as stated in many papers and books*.
However I was wondering about the uncertainties associated to these 
measurements, I 
mean: for all physical observable an uncertainty should be given. 
Hence, what is the uncertainty associated to a perfect merohedrally twinned 
crystal 
(alpha=0.5)? It is clear that in this case we drop in a singular value of the 
above 
formulas.
Please, let me know your hints or your concerns on the matter. Probably there 
is 
something that it is not so clear to me.

Thanks in advance

Fulvio


ref. **(C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, G. Artioli, D. Viterbo, M. Milaneso, G. 
Ferraris, G. 
Gilli, P. Gilli, G. Zanotti and M. Catti. Fundamentals of Crystallography, 3rd 
edition. IUCr 
Texts on Crystallography No. 15, IUCr/Oxford University Press, 2011; Chandra, 
N., 
Acharya, K. R., Moody, P. C. (1999). /Acta Cryst./ *D*55. 1750-1758)
-- 
Fulvio Saccoccia, PhD
Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"
Sapienza University of Rome
Tel. +39 0649910556