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Name: PDB
ID: m10997
Language: English (en)
Summary: This is an introduction to the Protein Data Bank (PDB) website, a depository for files containing experimentally-determined atomic coordinates of biological macromolecules, including nucleic acids, as well as proteins. It includes a tutorial in placing queries to the PDB and interpreting PDB files.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: atomic coordinates, bioinformatics, nucleic acid structure, protein structure, structure files
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Latest version: 2.4 (history)
First publication date: Jan 12, 2003 12:00 am US/Central
Last revision to module: Jan 31, 2005 4:08 pm US/Central
Module XML: m10997_2.4.cnxml

Version History

Version: 2.4 Jan 31, 2005 4:08 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor edits
Version: 2.3 Jan 12, 2005 9:29 am US/Central by Susan Cates
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updated to cnxml 0.5
Version: 2.2 Jan 16, 2004 3:36 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
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no change required
Version: 2.1 Jan 12, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
version 2 added pdb.jpg
Version: 2.0 Jan 12, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
version 1

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