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Biomolecular Crystallography: Principles, Practice, and Application to Structural Biology

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I had been looking for a good book on crystallography of proteins for a long time. I had looked into Jan Drenth's book - but found it to be too superficial and at best, only a run through guide for last minute preparation for exams. This book is definitely a great one for those who want to understand protein crystallography real well - adequate and clear explanations, quite detailed and thorough and definitely written for a very broad audience. My only complaint is that it is not very heavy on the fundamentals of X-ray diffraction and phase problem analysis. While descriptions might seem to be adequate initially, the math is quite lacking. But then again, I've not yet found good biomolecular crystallography books which explain the physics of the problem any better. I had to opt for a mineral/small molecule crystallography book (by Giacovazzo Fundamentals of Crystallography) for frequent reference and when used together - they seemed to very good and rigorous. Nonetheless I would strongly reccommend this book - probably its the best in the market (related to biomolecules).