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where the 5 characters "00001" may each be a numeral, 0-9, and the 3 trailing characters "abc" may each be a numeral or a letter. | where the 5 characters "00001" may each be a numeral, 0-9, and the 3 trailing characters "abc" may each be a numeral or a letter. | ||
In addition to increasing the number of possible accession codes from ~4 x 10<sup>4</sup> to >10<sup> | In addition to increasing the number of possible accession codes from ~4 x 10<sup>4</sup> to >10<sup>9</sup>, this will facilitate "text mining detection of PDB entries in the published literature"<ref name="news1" />. The PDB also promises "For as long as practicable, the | ||
wwPDB will continue assigning PDB codes that can be truncated losslessly | wwPDB will continue assigning PDB codes that can be truncated losslessly | ||
to the current four-character style."<ref name="news1" /> | to the current four-character style."<ref name="news1" /> | ||