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Easy editing of Protein Data Bank formatted files with EMACS
Author(s) -
Bond Charles S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889803001651
Subject(s) - protein data bank , computer science , protein data bank (rcsb pdb) , set (abstract data type) , programming language , data bank , simple (philosophy) , operating system , computer graphics (images) , database , protein structure , chemistry , telecommunications , biochemistry , philosophy , epistemology , stereochemistry
A protein crystallographer typically spends a large proportion of time manipulating Protein Data Bank (PDB) formatted coordinate files. Of the many situations where such coordinate data must be altered for a particular purpose, a combination of a simple text editor and a number of programs is required. pdb‐mode for EMACS provides a set of commonly used commands that allow many of these repetitive or trivial computational tasks to be performed within the environment of the EMACS editor, without recourse to writing temporary files and running external programs.