CING: an integrated residue-based structure validation program suite.
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SUBMITTER: Doreleijers JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3483101 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov
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CING: an integrated residue-based structure validation program suite.
Doreleijers Jurgen F JF Sousa da Silva Alan W AW Krieger Elmar E Nabuurs Sander B SB Spronk Christian A E M CA Stevens Tim J TJ Vranken Wim F WF Vriend Gert G Vuister Geerten W GW
Journal of biomolecular NMR 20120918 3
We present a suite of programs, named CING for Common Interface for NMR Structure Generation that provides for a residue-based, integrated validation of the structural NMR ensemble in conjunction with the experimental restraints and other input data. External validation programs and new internal validation routines compare the NMR-derived models with empirical data, measured chemical shifts, distance- and dihedral restraints and the results are visualized in a dynamic Web 2.0 report. A red-orang ...[more]
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