What are the RMS electron density and signal to noise ratio values in x-ray crystallography for proteins?

04 April 2012 0 9K Report

Can anybody clarify the importance and use of these values? Also I am having difficulty understanding the concepts of completeness, peptide occupancy, R-merge and Rcryst (Rfree) (%). Any explanations would be appreciated.

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