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[edit] Layout of the FAQ?

Should we drop all entries by one header? Not sure if this will tidy things up... --Dan 22:18, 13 September 2007 (KST)

Yes, why not?--Dan 02:38, 24 January 2008 (KST)
OK, good idea. --Dan 02:39, 24 January 2008 (KST)
Right then, I'll do it! --Dan 02:39, 24 January 2008 (KST)
Done! --Dan 06:46, 24 January 2008 (KST)

[edit] Link to the PDB-L archive

See also the pdb-l list: https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/pdb-l/ --Jmduarte 19:16, 16 January 2008 (KST)

[edit] Processing the PDB-L archive?

In the absence of a better place to organise this, I'll start a section here for us to divide up the work.

Month to process Assigned to Status
January 2007 Jose Done
February 2007 Jose Done
March 2007 Jose Done
April 2007 Jose
May 2007 Dan Done
June 2007 Dan Done
July 2007 Dan Done
August 2007 Dan Ongoing
September 2007 Henning Ongoing
October 2007 Henning
November 2007 Henning
December 2007 Henning

Status codes;

Ongoing 
Assignee is in the process reading emails for the given period, and updating the FAQ accordingly.
Done 
All the emails from the given period have been read, and the appropriate information has been updated into the FAQ.


[edit] Notes

Some not so F AQ for later reference;

Suggest me a method to find tertiary proteins structures from the PDB 
SCOP / CATH / ???
How can I categorize ligands? 
https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/pdb-l/2007-June/003923.html
How many carbohydrate ligands are in the PDB? 
https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/pdb-l/2007-June/003938.html
Selection proteins with S-S bridges? 
https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/pdb-l/2007-June/003943.html
How can I model Z-DNA? 
https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/pdb-l/2007-June/003971.html and https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/pdb-l/2007-June/003974.html
What are the great protein molecular-dynamics studies? 
https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/pdb-l/2007-July/003981.html

[edit] What other molecular viewers should be listed?

There are several other molecular viewers which are not listed in the FAQ page. Most of them probably have some unique features and advantages. But how many should be listed without being more confusing than helpful? For the moment, we can collect other packages here. Basic criteria should probably be that the programs are general-purpose, freely available at least for academic use and support the most common molecular formats (specifically PDB and mmCIF). --Henning 22:44, 26 March 2008 (KST)

  • Cn3D - from NCBI, seems to not support PDB format
  • MolMol - has been quite popular but hasn't been updated for a while
  • VMD - targeted towards molecular dynamics visualization
I vote to just list as many as we can find. People will soon discover which they like and for what reasons. --Dan 23:39, 28 March 2008 (KST)
See the debate between inclusionists and deletionists --Henning 00:29, 29 March 2008 (KST)
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