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> From: Eleanor Dodson <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] CC1/2, XDS and resolution cut off
> Date: 8 August 2012 10:10:55 GMT+01:00
> To: Marcus Fislage <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> 
> Like Ian, I tend to use as much data as is reasonable -  but  it is useful to 
> look at the Rfactors plot again resolution in REFMAC output. If this shoots 
> sky high at the limit, the data is probably not very useful in refinement  or 
> map calculation (and will automatically be down-weghted by the ML weighting) 
> . So all it does is make your Rfactors look worse! 
>  Eleanor
> On 6 Aug 2012, at 12:21, Marcus Fislage wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> We have in our lab a data set collected and are discussing where to cut
>> the resolution for refinement. According to the work of Kai Diederichs
>> and Andy Karplus one should use CC 1/2 of 12.5% (in case it is
>> significant) to determine the highest resolution independent of the
>> I/sigI and R factor rules used earlier. But I would like to know if this
>> also counts for low completeness data?
>> The problem is that we have in the highest resolution shell an I/sigI of
>> 4, a good cc1/2 but only a completeness of 30%. Which I guess means we
>> measured the high resolution data very accurate but not complete. Would
>> you still use the low complete data in the highest resolution shell or
>> should that be still a valid argument to cut your data towards lower
>> resolution?
>> My guess would be to use the data still even if the completeness drops,
>> since the data we measured is good and according to CC1/2 significant.
>> Are we right to do so or would you disagree?
>> 
>> Thanks for any input
>> Marcus
>> 
>> -- 
>> Marcus Fislage
>> Structural Biology Brussels
>> Vrije Universiteit Brussel
>> Department of Structural Biology, VIB
>> Oefenplein, Gebouw E
>> Pleinlaan 2,
>> 1050 Brussel
>> Belgium
>> Tel: +32-2-629 18 51
>> Email : [email protected]
>> Url: http://www.verseeslab.structuralbiology.be
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