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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2018

Crystallographically correct but confusing presentation of structural models deposited in the Protein Data Bank.

Zbigniew Dauter, Alexander Wlodawer

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Scotty: lattice coincidences in the Protein Data Bank.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zbigniew DauterSynchrotron Radiation Research Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, NCI, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA.
Alexander WlodawerProtein Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Argonne National Laboratory · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Macromolecular Crystallography Research with Synchrotron RadiationZIABC010378 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI DAUTER, ZBIGNIEW · 2009 to 2020
$18.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Protein Data Bank (PDB) constitutes a collection of the available atomic models of macromolecules and their complexes obtained by various methods used in structural biology, but chiefly by crystallography. It is an indispensable resource for all branches of science that deal with the structures of biologically active molecules, such as structural biology, bioinformatics, the design of novel drugs etc. Since not all users of the PDB are familiar with the methods of crystallography, it is important to present the results of crystallographic analyses in a form that is easy to interpret by nonspecialists. It is advisable during the submission of structures to the PDB to pay attention to the optimal placement of molecules within the crystal unit cell, to the correct representation of oligomeric assemblies and to the proper selection of the space-group symmetry. Examples of significant departures from these principles illustrate the potential for the misinterpretation of such suboptimally presented crystal structures.

Indexed as

Protein ConformationCrystallography, X-RayDatabases, ProteinHumansModels, MolecularProteinsProteinsmolecular symmetryplacement of coordinatesProtein Data Bankunit cell

Identifiers

PMID30198902
PMCPMC6130463
OpenAlexW2890998490

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