Table of Contents:
  • An overview of macromolecular crystallography
  • Crystallization of macromolecules
  • The nature of crystals: symmetry and the unit cell
  • Waves and their properties
  • Diffraction from points, planes, molecules, and crystals
  • Interpretation of diffraction patterns
  • Data collection
  • Solving the phase problem
  • Interpreting Patterson maps
  • Electron density, refinement, and difference Fourier maps.