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Overview of the CCP4 suite and current developments.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Winn, Martyn D 
Ballard, Charles C 
Cowtan, Kevin D 
Dodson, Eleanor J 
Emsley, Paul 

Abstract

The CCP4 (Collaborative Computational Project, Number 4) software suite is a collection of programs and associated data and software libraries which can be used for macromolecular structure determination by X-ray crystallography. The suite is designed to be flexible, allowing users a number of methods of achieving their aims. The programs are from a wide variety of sources but are connected by a common infrastructure provided by standard file formats, data objects and graphical interfaces. Structure solution by macromolecular crystallography is becoming increasingly automated and the CCP4 suite includes several automation pipelines. After giving a brief description of the evolution of CCP4 over the last 30 years, an overview of the current suite is given. While detailed descriptions are given in the accompanying articles, here it is shown how the individual programs contribute to a complete software package.

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Keywords

Automation, Laboratory, Cooperative Behavior, Crystallography, X-Ray, Proteins, Software Design

Journal Title

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr

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Journal ISSN

0907-4449
1399-0047

Volume Title

67

Publisher

International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)

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All rights reserved
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (082961/Z/07/Z)