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    <p>Dear all,</p>
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    <p>we have also seen very often these disagreeing measurements of
      resolution depending on the mask being used. In our experience,
      MonoRes tends to provide a number that is less biased than other
      measures. To use MonoRes you need either two half maps (the
      preferred option) or a map and a mask (outside this mask there
      should be noise that is supposed to be of the same nature as the
      noise inside the mask).</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>Kind regards, Carlos Oscar<br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 14/06/2019 a las 11:09, Mohamed A
      Sayed escribió:<br>
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      <p>Hello<br>
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      <p> Sorry just for clarification "<span style="color: rgb(33, 33,
          33); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;
          background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">get 0.x Ang lower
          resolution compared to Resmap"</span>. I really meant that I
        got two numbers for the same map. I realize that the map quality
        itself did not change. Thank you<br>
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      <p>Best regards<br>
      </p>
      <p><br>
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        <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt"
            face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b>
            Collaborative Computational Project in Electron
            cryo-Microscopy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK"><CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK></a> on behalf of
            Egelman, Edward H (ehe2n) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:egelman@VIRGINIA.EDU"><egelman@VIRGINIA.EDU></a><br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2019 1:44 AM<br>
            <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a><br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [ccpem] Resolution estimation</font>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">  I feel compelled to make a comment.
              When people say that the map has improved (or worsened) by
              0.x Å after doing something, do they ever actually look at
              the map? Or even the FSC curve? Or are they simply looking
              at the value where FSC=0.143? I think that the most
              important thing is actually the appearance of the map, and
              many experienced people have realized that many things can
              be done to improve or degrade the FSC without changing the
              overall appearance of the map.</p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Ed</p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                    color:black"> </span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
                    color:black">Edward Egelman</span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
                    color:black">Harrison Distinguished Professor</span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
                    color:black">Department of Biochemistry and
                    Molecular Genetics</span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
                    color:black">University of Virginia</span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
                    color:black">phone: 434-924-8210</span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
                    color:black">fax: 434-924-5069</span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
                    color:black"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:egelman@virginia.edu">egelman@virginia.edu</a></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
                color:black"><a
                  href="http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ehe2n"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">www.people.virginia.edu/~ehe2n</a></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
                    color:black">From: </span>
                </b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Collaborative
                  Computational Project in Electron cryo-Microscopy
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK"><CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK></a> on behalf of Takanori
                  Nakane <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tnakane@MRC-LMB.CAM.AC.UK"><tnakane@MRC-LMB.CAM.AC.UK></a><br>
                  <b>Reply-To: </b>Takanori Nakane
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tnakane@MRC-LMB.CAM.AC.UK"><tnakane@MRC-LMB.CAM.AC.UK></a><br>
                  <b>Date: </b>Friday, June 14, 2019 at 6:32 AM<br>
                  <b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">"CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK"</a>
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK"><CCPEM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK></a><br>
                  <b>Subject: </b>Re: [ccpem] Resolution estimation</span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">ResMap and RELION use different
                algorithms to estimate local resolution.</p>
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            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal">They are not necessarily comparable.</p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal">(ResMap tends to be more optimistic
                in my experience)</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">> Sorry is there any short anwer
                for how to make the mask less tight.</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Please apply low pass filtering at 15
                A and add more soft</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">edges in MaskCreate.</p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
            </div>
            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal">Takanori Nakane</p>
            </div>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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            <div>
              <p class="MsoNormal">On 2019/06/13 23:25, Mohamed A Sayed
                wrote:</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Takanori,</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your help. This may
                  answer the FSC curve but even when I use Relion to
                  determine the local resolution on the unfiltered
                  refined 3D model I get 0.4 Ang lower resolution
                  compared to Resmap.</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">I used b-factor from post
                  processing and k2 correction curve.</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Sorry is there any short anwer for
                  how to make the mask less tight. Thank you</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">________________________________________</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">From: Takanori Nakane <<a
                    href="mailto:tnakane@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">tnakane@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk</a>></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 9:44
                  PM</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">To: Mohamed A Sayed;</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Subject: Re: [ccpem] Resolution
                  estimation</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Probably your mask is too tight
                  and/or sharp.</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Please look at Note 4.16 of</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><a
                    href="ftp://ftp.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/pub/scheres/multibody_protocol.pdf"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">ftp://ftp.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/pub/scheres/multibody_protocol.pdf</a>.</p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">Takanori Nakane</p>
              </div>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">On 2019/06/13 19:27, Mohamed A
                  Sayed wrote:</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">​Hello,</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">I hope you would please advise on
                    the following:</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">When I apply post processing in
                    Relion on a refined 3D map, the FSC</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">curve gives 0.3 Angstrom worse
                    resolution than that before post processing.</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                </div>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">If I use Resmap v 1.95 to
                    estimate the resolution from the</p>
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                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">unfiltered half maps of the
                    refined model, the resolution is 0.4 A</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">better than when I use the
                    resolution estimation from Relion on the same</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">unfiltered half map.</p>
                </div>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">- Which value to believe?</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">- How to calculate FSC without
                    post processing ?</p>
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                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                </div>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">- What caused the post processing
                    to give lower resolution and</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">resolution estimation to be
                    lower?</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">Can you please point out for a
                    source on how to reliably fit a pdb into</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">an cryo map?</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much for your help
                    and time.</p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>
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