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Tables for Crystallography Volume F Crystallography of biological macromolecules Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold © International Union of Crystallography 2006 |
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 24.5, p. 679
Section 24.5.4. Data distribution
H. M. Berman,a* J. Westbrook,a Z. Feng,a G. Gilliland,b T. N. Bhat,b H. Weissig,c I. N. Shindyalovc and P. E. Bourned
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Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087, USA,bNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Biotechnology Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA,cSan Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0537, USA, and dDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0537, USA |
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