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Further reading
Here is a list of additional resources to help you when evaluating macromolecular models from the wwPDB:
- Wüthrich, K. (2003) ‘NMR studies of structure and function of biological macromolecules (Nobel lecture)’, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 42(29), pp. 3340–3363.
- Gore, S. et al. (2017) ‘Validation of structures in the Protein Data Bank’, Structure, 25(12), pp. 1916–1927.
- Smart, O.S. et al. (2018) ‘Validation of ligands in macromolecular structures determined by X-ray crystallography’, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, 74(3), pp. 228–236.
- Deller, M.C. and Rupp, B. (2015) ‘Models of protein–ligand crystal structures: Trust, but verify’, Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, 29(9), pp. 817–836.
- Biomolecular Crystallography Book: Principles, Practice, and Application to Structural Biology