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Protein Data Bank exchange dictionary (pdbx) version 1.0521

_pdbx_point_symmetry.H-M_notation

Name:
'_pdbx_point_symmetry.H-M_notation'

Definition:

   The Hermann-Mauguin notation for this point symmetry group.

Examples:

'I -> 532'
'O -> 432'
'T -> 23'
'Cn -> n (e.g. C5 -> 5)'
'Dn -> n22 (n even)'
'Dn -> n2 (n odd)'

Type: code

Mandatory item: no

Category: pdbx_point_symmetry


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.