[ccp4bb]: Re: [ccp4bb] heavy atom pre-soak

["David J. Schuller" <schuller@uci.edu>]

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On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Miguel Ortiz Lombardia wrote:

> Sorry, I clearly misunderstood what Louis Renault proposed about "soaking
> prior to crystallisation". He has kindly sent me a thorough explanation:

i think in some cases the derivatized protein may not crystallize or may
crystallize in a different space group from the native.  the latter is 
a problem for MIR but not for MAD methods.

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