Promoting a structural view of biology for varied audiences: an overview of RCSB PDB resources and experiences

Journal Article · 02 August 2010 · Journal of Applied Crystallography

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/s002188981002371x · OSTI ID:1625646

Dutta, Shuchismita ^[1]; Zardecki, Christine ^[2]; Goodsell, David S. ^[3]; Berman, Helen M. ^[2]

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1. Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ (United States). The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB); DOE/OSTI
2. Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ (United States). The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB)
3. The Scripps Research Inst., La Jolla, CA (United States). The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB)

The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB) supports scientific research and education worldwide by providing an essential resource of information on biomolecular structures. In addition to serving as a deposition, data-processing and distribution center for PDB data, the RCSB PDB offers resources and online materials that different audiences can use to customize their structural biology instruction. These include resources for general audiences that present macromolecular structure in the context of a biological theme, method-based materials for researchers who take a more traditional approach to the presentation of structural science, and materials that mix theme-based and method-based approaches for educators and students. Through these efforts the RCSB PDB aims to enable optimal use of structural data by researchers, educators and students designing and understanding experiments in biology, chemistry and medicine, and by general users making informed decisions about their life and health.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1625646
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Crystallography, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Crystallography Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 43; ISSN JACGAR; ISSN 0021-8898
• Publisher: International Union of CrystallographyCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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