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Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Computer Bulletin Board
A Computer-Assisted Tutorial on Protein Structure
C. Stan Tsai
Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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June 2001
Vol. 78 No. 6
p. 837
Abstract
A Microsoft Windows-based program, WPDB, is a portable data management and query system that can be used locally to interpret the 3-D structures of biomacromolecules as found in the Protein Data Bank. The freeware is useful for preparing tutorials, slide shows, class material, and assignments. Subsets of structure files are chosen from the Data Bank and grouped according to lecture topics for students to use as self-paced tutorials with WPDB. This provides an effective aid to teach protein structures. The tutorials are available as supplemental materials.
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The tutorials are available. To carry out these tutorials as described in the article, two freely downloaded programs are required:
*  Contents Tutorial1, Tutorial2, Tutorial3, Tutorial4 folders containing tutorial instructions (ReadMe.txt files) and data files.
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*  Citation
 Tsai, C. Stan. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 837.
*  Keywords
 Biochemistry; Computer Assisted Instruction; Proteins / Peptides; Teaching / Learning Aids
*  History
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Last Updated:		 May 8, 2001
August 31, 2005
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