Re: [ccp4bb] pdb-l: Retraction of 12 Structures....

2009-12-12 Thread Bernhard Rupp
From a statistical point of view, there could be a rare bad apple reviewer as well as a rare bad apple (fraud intending) author. Life is inherently risky but we still cross streets. More important, science is based on accessibility of primary data and reproducibility of results. Without primary

Re: [ccp4bb] pdb-l: Retraction of 12 Structures....

2009-12-12 Thread Ezra Peisach
A number of years ago - we were asked to setup an ftp site a particular reviewer could see the coordinates... I could have looked at the logs to figure out where they were coming in from but chose not to. Some journals also allow the author to upload additional info - that would be available

Re: [ccp4bb] pdb-l: Retraction of 12 Structures

2009-12-10 Thread Matthew Franklin
After a thorough examination of the available data, which included a re-analysis of each structure alleged to have been fabricated, the committee found a preponderance of evidence that structures 1BEF, 1CMW, 1DF9/2QID, 1G40, 1G44, 1L6L, 2OU1, 1RID, 1Y8E, 2A01, and 2HR0 were more likely than

Re: [ccp4bb] pdb-l: Retraction of 12 Structures

2009-12-10 Thread Ezra Peisach
Matthew Franklin wrote: Once again, I'd like to get the community's thoughts: should we ask the PDB to stop using 0 and 1 in its IDs? I'll get off the soapbox now. I would be all for it... Having tried to downloade 1o08 and gotten it screwed up Especially when journals use a