What's the difference between monoclinic and orthorhombic?

Monoclinic


Definition:

  • (a.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The crystals are monoclinic, space group C2, with a = 57.18 A, b = 21.63 A, c = 36.40 A, beta = 95.22 degrees, and one hairpin molecule per asymmetric unit.
  • (2) The space group symmetry is R21; the monoclinic unit cell contains two molecules and has the dimensions a = 12.4291(8), b = 7.4511(5), c = 12.7854(7) angstroms and beta = 102.295(7) degrees.
  • (3) Pure monoclinic or triclinic calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals, apatite crystals or mixtures of these crystals were injected into the synovial-like space created by the rat air pouch to compare the acute inflammation induced by these crystals.
  • (4) Crystals of 3 are monoclinic: P2(1), a = 5.317(2), b = 17.059(6), c = 9.514(3) A, beta = 99.18(3), Z = 2.
  • (5) C10H8F4N10O18, Mr = 632.22, monoclinic, Pc, a = 7.8885 (6), b = 6.7787 (4), c = 21.595 (2) A, beta = 108.21 (1) degree, V = 1096 (1) A3, Z = 2, Dx = 1.914 g cm-3, lambda(Cu K alpha) = 1.5418 A, mu = 18.7 cm-1, F(000) = 636, T = 293 K, 1791 unique data, 1733 with I greater than 3 sigma (I), R = 0.047.
  • (6) A large number of epitaxially dimensional matches between MSU and triclinic (t) and monoclinic (m) CPPD were identified, suggesting that MSU crystals can epitaxially induce CPPD crystal growth.
  • (7) C16H22NO+2.Cl-, Mr = 295.808, monoclinic, P2(1), a = 11.967 (1), b = 12.529 (1), c = 9.9369 (9) A, beta = 93.00 (1) degrees, V = 1487.8 (2) A3, Z = 4, Dm = 1.32 (2), Dx = 1.321 Mg m-3, lambda(Cu K alpha) = 1.54178 A, mu(Cu K alpha) = 2.289 mm-1, F(000) = 632, T = 291 K, final R = 0.040 for 2448 observed reflections.
  • (8) 7120 flavodoxin belong to the monoclinic space group P2(1) with a = 48.0, b = 32.0, c = 51.6 A, and beta = 92 degrees, and one molecule in the asymmetric unit.
  • (9) Crystals grown from ammonium sulfate solutions belong to monoclinic space group C2 with a = 125 A, b = 111 A, c = 83.5 A and beta = 108degrees 45'.
  • (10) These crystals are monoclinic, space group C2, with unit cell dimensions, a = 2.845 nm, b = 1.354 nm, c = 3.413 nm, beta = 98.6 degrees.
  • (11) Form II crystallizes as monoclinic blocks, space group P21 with a = 64.5 A, b = 35.1 A, c = 25.2 A and beta = 91.8 degrees.
  • (12) L-Valyl-L-lysine hydrochloride, C11N3O3H23 HCl, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1) with a = 5.438(5), b = 14.188(5), c = 9.521(5) A, beta = 95.38(2) degrees and Z = 2.
  • (13) The unit cell is monoclinic, space group P2(1), with unit cell parameters: a = 41.4 A, b = 40.1 A, c = 37.5 A, beta = 90.01 degrees.
  • (14) GPb complexed with pyridoxal 5'-diphosphate (PLPP) has been crystallized in the presence of IMP and ammonium sulfate in the monoclinic R-state crystal form and the structure refined from X-ray data to 2.8 A resolution to a crystallographic R value of 0.21.
  • (15) The crystals are monoclinic with unit cell dimensions a = 121.2 A, b = 110.5 A, c = 81.8 A, and beta = 97.6 degrees, belonging to space group C2, and contain two molecules in the asymmetric unit.
  • (16) One grows as monoclinic plates, space group P2(1), with cell dimensions a = 66.9 A, b = 75.2 A, c = 86.9 A and beta = 102.9 degrees and the other as long hexagonal rods in space group P6(1)22 or P6(5)22, with cell dimensions a = b = 119 A, c = 83 A.
  • (17) To ascertain the sites that are available for strong binding between magnesium ions and phosphate groups in yeast phenylalanine transfer RNA, all distances below 5.5 A separating the phosphoryl oxygens (Op) of the 76 nucleotide residues have been computed from the latest atomic coordinates for the monoclinic form of the tRNA crystallized in the presence of magnesium chloride.
  • (18) One of them is monoclinic, space group P21, with unit cell dimensions a = 145.6 A, b = 78.1 A, c = 63.1 A, beta = 89.05 degrees, consistent with the presence of two molecules of the complex in the asymmetric unit.
  • (19) The crystals are monoclinic space group P2(1) with a = 42.6, b = 68.1, c = 50.2 A and beta = 112.9 degrees.
  • (20) Crystals are monoclinic, space group P2(1) with a = 5.088(2), b = 17.112(17), c = 9.581(6) A, beta = 92.34(4) degrees, Z = 2.

Orthorhombic


Definition:

  • (a.) Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Based on the refined atomic coordinates of the tRNAphe in the orthorhombic crystal, on the recent advances in the distance dependence of the ring-current magnetic field effects and on the adopted values for the isolated hydrogen-bonded NH resonances, a computed spectrum consisting of 23 protons was constructed.
  • (2) 261, 16207-16209) that recombinant murine interferon-beta produced in Escherichia coli was crystallized in an orthorhombic space group C222(1) using polyethyleneglycol 8000 as precipitant, the crystals had an insufficient resolution and a marked tendency for orientational disorder around the c axis.
  • (3) The mutant proteins were screened for their ability to crystallize into the orthorhombic form and bind mercury ions isomorphously.
  • (4) In the orthorhombic crystal lattice, tRNA(Asp) molecules are associated by anticodon-anticodon interactions through a two-fold symmetry axis.
  • (5) The melamine forms disordered crystals of orthorhombic symmetry with a = 11.957(3), b = 17.267(3), c = 5.769(3)A.
  • (6) The crystals have a rhombic prismatic habit and belong to the orthorhombic space group C222(1) with unit cell dimensions a = 130 A, b = 213 A and c = 216 A. X-ray structure determination is underway.
  • (7) The subcell (HS1) is orthorhombic with as = 10.3, bs = 7.5 and cs = 2.54 A.
  • (8) N-Z-L-Pro-D-Ala-OMe, C17H22N2O5, Mr = 334.38, crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with the cell dimensions a = 5.005 (5), b = 17.690 (9) and c = 18.70 (1) A3, V = 1656.3 A3, Z = 4, Dx = 1.341 g cm-3, Cu K alpha, lambda = 1.54184 A, mu = 7.830 cm-1, F(000) = 712, T = 198 K, final R (on F) = 0.036 for 1575 observed reflections with I greater than or equal to 3 sigma(I).
  • (9) The crystals are orthorhombic, space group P212121, with a=8.611(2), B=6.138(2), And c=14.912(4) A. Least-squares refinements yielded a conventional R-factor of 0.036.
  • (10) The atomic coordinates of yeast phenylalanine transfer RNA (tRNA) as well as the torsion angles of the polynucleotide chain are presented as derived from an x-ray diffraction analysis of orthorhombic crystals.
  • (11) These crystals diffract to 3.4 A and the observed diffraction is consistent with orthorhombic space groups P4(1) and P4(3).
  • (12) Yeast phenylalanyl transfer RNA crystallizes in a simple orthorhombic unit cell (a = 33.2, b = 56.1, c = 161 A), and the crystal yields an x-ray diffraction pattern with a resolution of 2.3 A.
  • (13) Concanavalin A, a phytohemagglutinin isolated from the jack bean, crystallizes at pH 6.8 in the orthorhombic space group 1222 with a = 89.9, b = 87.2, and c = 63.1 A.
  • (14) C20H24O4, Mr = 328.41, orthorhombic, P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 11.688 (3), b = 15.377 (5), c = 9.466 (2) A, V = 1701 (1) A3, Z = 4, Dx = 1.282 g cm-3, lambda (Mo K alpha) = 0.71073 A, mu = 0.823 cm-1, F(000) = 704, T = 298 K, R = 0.063 for 1921 reflections with F greater than 2 sigma (F).
  • (15) Above this temperature, this "orthorhombic" phase converts directly to the liquid-crystalline phase.
  • (16) The crystals exhibit strong F222 pseudo symmetry but belong to the orthorhombic space group C222 or C222(1), with cell parameters a = 73.8 A, b = 119.9 A and c = 133.2 A with two molecules per asymmetric unit.
  • (17) The crystal form is of the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2, with unit cell dimensions a = 150 A and b = 129 A.
  • (18) Crystals of methyl 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (methyl beta-D-laminarabioside) belong to the orthorhombic system, space group P2(1)2(1)2, with a = 14.548(2), b = 24.252(7), c = 4.938(1) A, and Z = 4.
  • (19) The receptor fragment crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 105.5 A, b = 224.5 A, c = 363.5 A.
  • (20) 1-(2,6-Dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-o ne, C17H16O5, Mr = 300.31, orthorhombic, Pbca, a = 27.903 (3), b = 13.958 (2), c = 7.662 (1) A, V = 2984 (1) A3, Z = 8, D chi = 1.337 Mg m-3, lambda(Cu K alpha) = 1.5418 A, mu = 0.729 mm-1, F(000) = 1264, T = 295 K, R = 0.040 for 1702 observed reflections.