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. 21.2, pp. 507-519   | 1 | 2 |
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060000708

Chapter 21.2. Assessing the quality of macromolecular structures

S. J. Wodak,a* A. A. Vagin,b J. Richelle,b U. Das,b J. Pontiusb and H. M. Bermanc

aUnité de Conformation de Macromolécules Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, CP160/16, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, and EMBL–EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, England, bUnité de Conformation de Macromolécules Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles, avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, CP160/16, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium, and  cDepartment of Chemistry, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087, USA
Correspondence e-mail:  shosh@ucmb.ulb.ac.be

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