[wwPDB] PDB Turns 49

The PDB was announced on October 20, 1971 in Crystallography: Protein Data Bank Nature New Biology 233: 223 (1971) doi: 10.1038/newbio233223b0.

Today, the PDB archive contains ~170,000 structures of proteins, nucleic acids, and complex assemblies that helps students and researchers understand all aspects of biomedicine and agriculture, from protein synthesis to health and disease. It is managed by the Worldwide PDB (wwPDB) organization that ensures that the PDB is freely and publicly available to the global community.

wwPDB is celebrating by looking ahead to golden anniversary symposia and events planned for 2021. The website wwpdb.org/pdb50 will be updated regularly.

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