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Overhauling the PDB

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The Brookhaven Protein Data Bank was once a pioneering database, but its organization of structural data is now outdated and in need of an upgrade.

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We would like to thank Alexei Adzhubei. The work was funded by the Framework 6 IQ project (516169) and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Project 2/BEP17028).

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