Explanations for terms (EVA)

Please feel free to send questions and comments to the CUBIC administrator: cubic@cubic.bioc.columbia.edu

Prediction types used by EVA

• sec:
  1D structure prediction of secondary structure
• cm:
  3D structure prediction by comparative modelling
• fr:
  fold recognition and 3D structure prediction by threading methods

FTP to EVA's ftp server

• You can either read the README about the content of the ftp site by directly clicking here in your WWW browser,
• .. or you can start an anonymous ftp session through respective software.
  For the later do use the following:

  ftp cubic.bioc.columbia.edu

  login name: anonymous

  password: your email address

  cd pub/cubic

  ls

  
  

  to move into a directory: cd directory

  to get a file: get file

  to get many files (e.g.): mget www*

  to leave the session: exit

'Sequence unique'

1. those that have significant sequence similarity to proteins of known structure (at the date of the submission of the new protein)
2. those that are novel in that they do NOT have significant sequence similarity to proteins of known structure (at the date of the submission of the new protein)

'Significant similarity' (in sequence)