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for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank
Summer 2012
Number 54

NEWSLETTER

Snapshot: July 1, 2012

82679 released atomic coordinate entries

Molecule Type

76537 proteins, peptides,
and viruses

2388 nucleic acids

3731 protein/nucleic acid complexes

23 other

Experimental Technique

72543 X-ray

9487 NMR

436 Electron Microscopy

50 Hybrid

163 Other

Related Experimental Data Files

61940 structure factors

6794 NMR restraints

556 NMR chemical shifts

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