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According to the paper, the data was refined in REFMAC in 'twin mode' 
which, I believe, calculates the R-factor using a  non-conventional 
R-factor equation which usually lower than the conventional R-factor. I 
believe this is dependent on the twin fraction which wasn't mentioned in 
the paper (or supplementary info) unless I missed it.

Jon

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On 02/09/2011 05:11 PM, James Holton wrote:
> This was "molecular replacement" from 1jb0, so the phases came from 
> the model.  Probably more properly called "direct refinement" since 
> all we did was a few cycles of rigid body.  Personally, I was quite 
> impressed by how good the R factors were, all things considered.
>
> -James Holton
> MAD Scientist
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Bernhard Rupp (Hofkristallrat a.D.) 
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     Any idea where then phases came from?
>     BR
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Thomas
>     Juettemann
>     Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 12:16 PM
>     To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>     Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] First images of proteins and viruses caught
>     with an
>     X-ray laser
>
>     Thank you for clarifying this James. Those details are indeed  often
>     lost/misinterpreted when the paper is discussed in journal club,
>     so your
>     comment was especially helpful.
>
>     Best wishes,
>     Thomas
>
>     On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 20:38, James Holton <[log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>     >
>     > As one of the people involved (I'm author #74 out of 88 on PMID
>     > 21293373), I can tell you that about half of the three million
>     > snapshots were blank, but we wanted to be honest about the
>     number that
>     > were collected, as well as the "minimum" number that were needed to
>     > get a useful data set.  The blank images were on purpose, since the
>     > nanocrystals were diluted so that there would be relatively few
>     > double-hits.  As many of you know, multiple lattices crash
>     autoindexing
>     algorithms!
>     >
>     > Whether or not a blank image or a failed autoindexing run
>     qualifies as
>     > "conforming to our existing model" or not I suppose is a matter of
>     > semantics.  But yes, I suppose some details do get lost between the
>     > actual work and the press release!
>     >
>     > In case anyone wants to look at the data, it has been deposited
>     in the
>     > PDB under 3PCQ, and the detailed processing methods published
>     under PMID:
>     > 20389587.
>     >
>     > -James Holton
>     > MAD Scientist
>     >
>     > On 2/9/2011 10:38 AM, Thomas Juettemann wrote:
>     >>
>     >> http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=20045.php
>     >>
>     >> http://home.slac.stanford.edu/pressreleases/2011/20110202.htm
>     >>
>     >> I think it is pretty exciting, although they only take the few
>     >> datasets that conform to their existing model:
>     >>
>     >> "The team combined 10,000 of the three million snapshots they
>     took to
>     >> come up with a good match for the known molecular structure of
>     >> Photosystem I."
>     >
>     >
>
>