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. 23.3, p. 595   | 1 | 2 |

Figure 23.3.2.12 

R. E. Dickersona*

a Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1570, USA
Correspondence e-mail: red@mbi.ucla.edu

[Figure 23.3.2.12]
Figure 23.3.2.12

Local helix parameters involving translations. y and x displacements describe shifts of a lone base pair along its long or short axis, respectively. Stagger, stretch and shear describe displacements of the two bases of a pair relative to one another. Rise, slide and shift describe displacements from one base pair to the next, via translations along the z, y and x axes, respectively.