... Institute of Solid-State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia . In an investigation of the resistivity anisotropy of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 - x single crystals with suboptimal oxygen content it is observed that the superconducting transition for the component c of the resistivity tensor is shifted to lower temperatures with respect to the transition for the component a b . ... 1998 American Institute of Physics. PACS: 74.72.Bk, 74.25.Fy, 74.62.Bf ...