PE Entry Mode Tests/Demonstrations
This page illustrates query parameters which can be used to control
the path used to enter Protein Explorer when one or two molecules
are prespecified.
Prespecification of molecules as query parameters is detailed
in a separate document.
Invalid PDB Code Handling
PDB identification codes must be 4 characters long. The first character
must be a digit in the range 1-9. The latter 3 characters can be either
letters or digits. There is no requirement that PDB ID codes contain
a letter, but I do not believe any all-digit PDB ID codes have been
assigned as of year 2000.
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aaaa (doesn't begin with a digit)
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1aa (only 3 characters). Query id's of length greater than 4 characters
will be taken to be a URL.
- Two invalid codes:
aaaa + 1aa
- One invalid code in a pair:
1d66 + d166
- Valid but unassigned code:
1000
Explorer vs. Comparator
Default vs. Expert modes.
PE's preferences must NOT have Expert checked in order for the
non-expert entries below to work.
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Expert mode off.
FirstView is described and explained for novices. Next page is "QuickViews".
(1b07)
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Expert mode ON. Query parameter is "?x=1&".
The initial page loads the molecule(s), and then
proceeds automatically to the "Advanced Explorer" page.
A two-page sequence is needed because the "Advanced Explorer" page
needs to know whether multiple models are present before it loads.
(This requires that the molecule(s) are already loaded and interrogation
of Chime is completed before proceeding to the "Advanced Explorer" page.)
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NMR, expert mode off.
FirstView shows only model 1. User is informed of multiple models
en route to QuickViews. (1lcd)
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NMR, expert mode ON. All models are shown in the FirstView, with backbones
colored by group instead of by chain.
New window option, Resize option, Comparator option.
Note: all entries via pe.htm test for browser compatibility.
- Empty, no query parameters (resize option)
- Empty, No Resize Option (goes straight in!)
- Empty, No Comparator Option (nco=1 has no effect in absence of id parameter)
- Empty, No New Window (allows resize; illegal, PE's Quit kills single window)
- Empty, new window is anchor target (allows resize;
target not recommended
because it defeats the ability to run multiple PE windows concurrently)
- shared/1d66.pdb
(id1; resize, comparator options)
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1d66 & 1fdl (id1 & id2, comparator automatic; allows resize)
- shared/1d66.pdb No Comparator Option (allows resize option)
- shared/1d66.pdb No Resize
(allows comparator option)
- shared/1d66.pdb No Resize, No Comparator
(straight on in!)
- shared/1d66.pdb Target window forces no new window (PE's [Quit] button kills the target window.
Resize and comparator options;
target not recommended
because it defeats the ability to run multiple PE windows concurrently)
- shared/1d66.pdb No New Window (PE's [Quit] button kills the original window!
Forces [Back] instead of [Cancel=close].
Resize and comparator options)
- shared/1d66.pdb No New Window, No Comparator (allows resize option)
- shared/1d66.pdb No New Window, No Resize (allows comparator option)