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Title

VPDB: Viral Protein Structural Database

 

Authors

Om Prakash Sharma, Ankush Jadhav, Afzal Hussain, Muthuvel Suresh Kumar*

 

Affiliation

Centre for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry-605014, India

 

Email

suresh.bic@pondiuni.edu.in; *Corresponding author

 

Phone

+91 413-2654583

 

Fax

+91 413 2655211

 

Article Type

Database

 

Date

Received June 22, 2011; Accepted June 28, 2011; Published July 06, 2011

 

Abstract

Viral Protein Database is an interactive database for three dimensional viral proteins. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive resource to the community of structural virology, with an emphasis on the description of derived data from structural biology. Currently, VPDB includes ~1,670 viral protein structures from >277 viruses with more than 465 virus strains. The whole database can be easily accessed through the user convenience text search. Interactivity has been enhanced by using Jmol, WebMol and Strap to visualize the viral protein molecular structure.

 

Keywords

Database; viral proteins; virus; Jmol; STRAP; WebMol.

 

Availability

http://www.vpdb.bicpu.edu.in

 

Citation

Sharma et al. Bioinformation 6(8): 324-326 (2011)
 

Edited by

P Kangueane

 

ISSN

0973-2063

 

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

 

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.