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Dear Evette,

the PDB lists the citation when you enter the PDB-ID in the search
mask of any of the web-interfaces, which is much easier for the reader
than typing the information from the list of references, i.e. all
information is in the article by mentioning the PDB-ID. Why do you
consider it a matter of courtesy to re-cite the structural work?

Cheers,
Tim

On 07/25/12 14:33, Radisky, Evette S., Ph.D. wrote:
> Dear bb,
> 
> This morning as I scanned an accepted manuscript from a 
> well-respected-but-not-particularly-glamorous journal that
> publishes many macromolecular structures, I came across a brief
> mention of homology and rmsd with a published structure listed by
> PDB accession number, but no citation of the primary reference for
> this structure. (OK, so I wouldn't have noticed or cared had it not
> been one of mine.) The paper did not have a lot of references, so
> it was not due to limitation in the number of refs permitted.
> 
> I have always thought it a matter of professional courtesy to cite
> the appropriate reference when one uses and mentions  a structure
> from the PDB, but as I think back, I realize no one explicitly told
> me this-- it is just an assumption that I made.  Maybe I am the one
> with unrealistic expectations here?  Is there a general consensus
> among crystallographers on this practice?
> 
> Thanks! Evette
> 
> Evette S. Radisky, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Mayo Clinic Cancer
> Center Griffin Cancer Research Building, Rm 310 4500 San Pablo
> Road Jacksonville, FL 32224 (904) 953-6372
> 
> 

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Dr Tim Gruene
Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
Tammannstr. 4
D-37077 Goettingen

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