research advances
Synopses of important developments in the field of structural biology and structural genomics, including advances from the Protein Structure Initiative. The featured articles and technical highlights are specially written for the Structural Biology Knowledgebase, while the research highlights are taken from NPG publications.
August 2010
Selected methods highlights from PSI-2 (2005-2010)
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Introduction
PSI SGKB Director Helen Berman introduces the second in a series of articles highlighting the achievements of the PSI 2005–2010
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Target selection
Target choice is coordinated between the PSI centers to achieve PSI goals and prevent redundancy.
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Servers and databasesTracking the progress of all the PSI targets requires sophisticated databases.
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Modeling methodsThe Protein Structure Initiative has made a significant contribution to improving the accuracy of structure-prediction methods.
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Annotating proteinsNow that efficient high-throughput production of protein structures is established, the challenge is to identify the function.
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