(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.
Tetragonal
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers.
(a.) Having four prominent longitudinal angles.
(a.) Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See Tetragonal system, under Crystallization.
Example Sentences:
(1) The crystals are tetragonal, with unit cell dimensions a = 48.9 A and c = 82.0 A, space group P 41 21 2 or P 43212.
(2) The morphological unit of the regular array appeared to consist of four spherical subunits, each about 2 nm in diameter, which were arranged in a tetragonal pattern about 4.5 by 7.0 nm in dimension.
(3) Two different tetragonal crystal forms have been characterized, both diffracting to about 6 A using synchrotron radiation.
(4) The outer structured layer was a linear array of particles overlying an inner tetragonal array of larger subunits.
(5) An activity assay of redissolved tetragonal form crystals indicates that the uncleaved, functional serpin has been crystallized.
(6) The A ring of the steroid in the tetragonal crystal was found to be disordered, and exists in both a normal and inverted conformation.
(7) One was in a hexagonal array, and the other was in a tetragonal array.
(8) The crystals are tetragonal rods with unit cell dimensions a = 128.6 A, c = 92.5 A.
(9) A hydrated cobalt ion is found to coordinate to two N7 atoms of adjacent guanines, forcing these two guanines to destack with a large dihedral angle (32 degrees), in the dimer of the tetragonal form.
(10) These tubules are clearly distinguishable by their shape and fine structure from the periodic structure of a P. rhodos cell wall layer, which exhibits a tetragonal pattern, and also from polyheads and polysheaths of defective bacteriophages.
(11) The structure crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P41 with a = 8.225 (5) and c = 28.42 (1) A.
(12) This truncated S-protein was exported via the periplasm to the cell surface, but could not self-assemble into a tetragonal array or be anchored to the cell surface.
(13) Bacillus sphaericus strain P-1 has previously been shown to have a tetragonally arrayed (T layer) protein which forms the outer layer of the cell wall.
(14) Its three-dimensional structure from two different crystal forms (tetragonal and trigonal) has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis at 1 A resolution.
(15) Both crystal forms are tetragonal, the space group for form I is P4(1)22 (or P4(3)22), and that for form II is P4(2)22.
(16) Density variations suggest an arrangement of subunits, either tetragonal or trigonal, viewed from a variety of angles about the DNA axis.
(17) The binuclear copper site is characterized as two tetragonal Cu(II) atoms bridged by both an endogenous protein ligand and the exogenous ligand (i.e., peroxide), with the lack of an electron paramagnetic resonance signal being the result of antiferromagnetic exchange via the endogenous bridge.
(18) The crystals are tetragonal, show the symmetry of space group P4(1) or its enantiomer, have lattice constants of a = 58.46 (1) and c = 77.02 (3) A, and scatter to at least 2 A resolution.
(19) These elevations were distributed according to a tetragonal pattern with a periodicity of 850 A.
(20) Crystals are tetragonal, with space group P42(1)2, a = b = 171 A, c = 150 A in the absence of ATP; and P422, a = b = 101 A, c = 114.4 A in the presence of ATP.