Introducing Protein Data Bank, Molecular Modeling Database, and Cn3D

• Published in: Journal of electronic resources in medical libraries Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 1 - 20
• Main Authors: Lyon, Jennifer A., Tennant, Michele R., Danielson, Blaine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Taylor & Francis Group 14-08-2006; The Haworth Information Press; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Cn3D; Data banks; Exact sciences and technology; Genetics; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Library and information science. General aspects; Medical libraries; Molecular biology; molecular biology databases; Molecular Modeling Database; Molecular structure; molecular structure databases; molecular structure viewers; Nonbibliographic databases. Databanks; Online databases; Protein Data Bank; protein structure; Sciences and techniques of general use; Secondary and tertiary information and documents; Specialized information sources; Specialized information sources (paper or electronic format); Use and user studies. Information needs; Evaluation; Molecular Modeling Database; molecular structure databases; Molecular structure; Information access; Information dissemination; protein structure; molecular structure viewers; molecular biology databases; Advantage; Disadvantage; Database; Cn3D; Protein Data Bank; Comparative study
• ISSN: 1542-4065; 1542-4073
• DOI: 10.1300/J383v03n03_01

Molecular biology and genetics are rapidly expanding disciplines that challenge medical librarians to adapt searching skills to new and complex data types. Molecular structures and their databases are among the most complex. This paper compares searching methods and record structure for Protein Data Bank (PDB) and Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB), which are two major resources for retrieving and manipulating molecular structure information, and briefly explains Cn3D, a program for viewing molecular structure data.