International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume F
Crystallography of biological macromolecules
Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 12.2, p. 258   | 1 | 2 |

Figure 12.2.2.2 

M. T. Stubbsa* and R. Huberb

a Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie der Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marbacher Weg 6, D-35032 Marburg, Germany, and bMax-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Correspondence e-mail:  stubbs@mailer.uni-marburg.de

[Figure 12.2.2.2]
Figure 12.2.2.2

The vector superposition method. The Patterson map of Fig. 12.2.1.1[link] can be regarded as the superposition of the structure (and its inverse), with each of its atoms placed alternately at the origin. By shifting each peak of the Patterson function to the origin and calculating the correlation of all remaining peaks with the unshifted map, it is possible to deconvolute the Patterson function.