It is confusing, but "high" is meant to indicate the quality of the final electron density map based on the data. Your 1.8 A data set will give the better map, and is the high resolution data set.
Dale Tronrud On 2/5/2017 4:09 AM, <John Pontty> wrote: > Dear All, > > For one protein crystal, its resolution was 1.8 A. For another crystal > for the same protein, its resolution was 3.8 A. In literature, do we > call the 1.8 A crystal as the high resolution crystal (because of > quality), or do we call the 3.8 A crystal as the high resolution crystal > (because of 3.8 was larger than 1,8)? > > Best regards. > > John
