Figure 4. CD summary page.

Figure 4CD summary page

The top of the page serves as a header and reports a variety of identifying information, including the name and description of the CD, other related CDs with links to their summary pages, as well as the source database, status, and creation date of the CD. A taxonomic node link (Taxa:) launches the Taxonomy Browser, whereas a Proteins link (Proteins:) uses CDART to show other proteins that contain the CD. Below the header is the interface for viewing the CD alignment, which can be done either graphically with Cn3D (if the CD contains a sequence with structural data) or in HTML, text, or mFASTA format. It is also possible to view a selected number of the top-listed sequences, sequences from the most diverse members, or sequences most similar to the query. In addition, users may now select sequences with the NCBI Taxonomy Common Tree tool. The lower portion of the page contains the alignment itself. Members with a structural record in MMDB are listed first, and the identifier of each sequence links to the corresponding record.

From: Chapter 3, Macromolecular Structure Databases

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