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
