28 Feb
2006
28 Feb
'06
2:51 p.m.
Hi Eran, MTZ files contain crystallographic reflection data (intensities of diffraction spots). Chimera cannot do anything with reflection data. To get a density map requires a Fourier transform of the reflections. That requires determining phases which is not trivial and involves combining multiple experimental data sets. The CCP4 software suite is used to calculate density maps. http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/html/INDEX.html Once the phases are known the CCP4 fft program does the Fourier transform. http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/html/fft.html There is a web server which provides density maps from PDB structure factor files containing reflection data (including phases): http://fsrv1.bmc.uu.se/eds/ Tom