2006 ABiocuratorPerspective

• (Bukhardt et al., 2006) ⇒ Kyle Burkhardt, Bohdan Schneider, and Jeramia Ory. (2006). “A Biocurator Perspective: Annotation at the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank.” In: PLoS Computational Biology, 2(10). doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020099

Subject Headings: Biocuration Task, Biocurator.

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Abstract

Like most scientists, annotators at the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB) (http://www.pdb.org) dread the immortal cocktail party question “So, what do you do?” Unlike for some jobs, however, their answer can leave other scientists at the party with no response. Even within the structural biology community, our job is not well-understood. Throughout this perspective, we will shed light on the daily challenges faced by annotators at the RCSB and give the reader a glimpse at the juggling act that defines the job of a biocurator.

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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
2006 ABiocuratorPerspective	Kyle Burkhardt Bohdan Schneider Jeramia Ory			A Biocurator Perspective: Annotation at the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank			http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020099	10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020099