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@article{citeulike:600589, abstract = {The ASTRAL Compendium provides several databases and tools to aid in the analysis of protein structures, particularly through the use of their sequences. Partially derived from the SCOP database of protein structure domains, it includes sequences for each domain and other resources useful for studying these sequences and domain structures. The current release of ASTRAL contains 54,745 domains, more than three times as many as the initial release 4 years ago. ASTRAL has undergone major transformations in the past 2 years. In addition to several complete updates each year, ASTRAL is now updated on a weekly basis with preliminary classifications of domains from newly released PDB structures. These classifications are available as a stand-alone database, as well as integrated into other ASTRAL databases such as representative subsets. To enhance the utility of ASTRAL to structural biologists, all SCOP domains are now made available as PDB-style coordinate files as well as sequences. In addition to sequences and representative subsets based on SCOP domains, sequences and subsets based on PDB chains are newly included in ASTRAL. Several search tools have been added to ASTRAL to facilitate retrieval of data by individual users and automated methods. ASTRAL may be accessed at http://astral.stanford. edu/.}, address = {Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.}, author = {Chandonia, John-Marc M. and Hon, Gary and Walker, Nigel S. and Lo Conte, Loredana and Koehl, Patrice and Levitt, Michael and Brenner, Steven E.}, citeulike-article-id = {600589}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh034}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/suppl_1/D189}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14681391}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=14681391}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1093/nar/gkh034}, issn = {1362-4962}, journal = {Nucleic acids research}, keywords = {astral, classification, database, domains, scop}, month = {January}, number = {Database issue}, posted-at = {2008-01-13 14:50:33}, priority = {1}, title = {The ASTRAL Compendium in 2004.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh034}, volume = {32}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:600589 L3 - citeulike-article-id:600589 N2 - The ASTRAL Compendium provides several databases and tools to aid in the analysis of protein structures, particularly through the use of their sequences. Partially derived from the SCOP database of protein structure domains, it includes sequences for each domain and other resources useful for studying these sequences and domain structures. The current release of ASTRAL contains 54,745 domains, more than three times as many as the initial release 4 years ago. ASTRAL has undergone major transformations in the past 2 years. In addition to several complete updates each year, ASTRAL is now updated on a weekly basis with preliminary classifications of domains from newly released PDB structures. These classifications are available as a stand-alone database, as well as integrated into other ASTRAL databases such as representative subsets. To enhance the utility of ASTRAL to structural biologists, all SCOP domains are now made available as PDB-style coordinate files as well as sequences. In addition to sequences and representative subsets based on SCOP domains, sequences and subsets based on PDB chains are newly included in ASTRAL. Several search tools have been added to ASTRAL to facilitate retrieval of data by individual users and automated methods. ASTRAL may be accessed at http://astral.stanford. edu/. IS - Database issue JF - Nucleic acids research SN - 1362-4962 AD - Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. TI - The ASTRAL Compendium in 2004. VL - 32 KW - astral KW - classification KW - database KW - domains KW - scop AU - Chandonia, John-Marc AU - Hon, Gary AU - Walker, Nigel AU - Lo Conte, Loredana AU - Koehl, Patrice AU - Levitt, Michael AU - Brenner, Steven PY - 2004/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh034 ER -