Search for structures at NCBI

This section describes searches for three dimensional structures from the NCBI structure database http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/MMDB/mmdb.shtml. For manipulating and visualization of the downloaded structures see Viewing molecular structures in 3D.

The NCBI search view is opened in this way:

        Download | Search for structures at NCBI (Image structure_search)

   or  Ctrl + B (Image command_key_web + B on Mac)

This opens the view shown in figure 10.4:

Image structuresearchdialog_web
Figure 10.4: The structure search view.



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