Development and Integration of the Nucleic Acid Database

核酸数据库（NDB; http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/）是一个成熟的资源，提供了包含核酸的晶体大分子的信息。NDB通过NDB网站和ftp服务器发布结构信息。有一个NDB地图集，教学页面和帮助台可用。当核酸结构生物学最关注相对简单的结构时，NDB就开始了。如今，NDB处理的是高度复杂的分子组装。科学和用户社区的新需求导致了NDB在内容、查询能力和信息基础设施方面的改进。这也将提供与蛋白质数据库（PDB）更好的集成。

The Nucleic Acid Database (NDB; http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/) is a mature resource that provides information about crystalline macromolecules that contain nucleic acid. The NDB distributes information about structure through the NDB Web site and the ftp server. There are an NDB Atlas, instructional pages and a help desk available. The NDB began when nucleic acid structural biology was most concerned with relatively simple structures. Today, the NDB deals with highly complex molecular assemblies. The new demands of the science and of the user community have led to a proposed improvement in content, query capabilities and informatics infrastructure for the NDB. This will also provide better integration with the Protein Database (PDB).