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Proteopedia - a scientific 'wiki' bridging the rift between three-dimensional structure and function of biomacromolecules.

ABSTRACT: Many scientists lack the background to fully utilize the wealth of solved three-dimensional biomacromolecule structures. Thus, a resource is needed to present structure/function information in a user-friendly manner to a broad scientific audience. Proteopedia http://www.proteopedia.org is an interactive, wiki web-resource whose pages have embedded three-dimensional structures surrounded by descriptive text containing hyperlinks that change the appearance (view, representations, colors, labels) of the adjacent three-dimensional structure to reflect the concept explained in the text.

SUBMITTER: Hodis E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2575511 | biostudies-literature | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Proteopedia - a scientific 'wiki' bridging the rift between three-dimensional structure and function of biomacromolecules.

Hodis Eran E Prilusky Jaime J Martz Eric E Silman Israel I Moult John J Sussman Joel L JL

Genome biology 20080803 8

Many scientists lack the background to fully utilize the wealth of solved three-dimensional biomacromolecule structures. Thus, a resource is needed to present structure/function information in a user-friendly manner to a broad scientific audience. Proteopedia http://www.proteopedia.org is an interactive, wiki web-resource whose pages have embedded three-dimensional structures surrounded by descriptive text containing hyperlinks that change the appearance (view, representations, colors, labels) o ...[more]

PMID: 18673581

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