title: Overview of the CCP4 suite and current developments.
abstract: The CCP4 (Collaborative Computational Project, Number 4) software suite is a collection of programs and associated data and software libraries which can be used for macromolecular structure determination by X-ray crystallography. The suite is designed to be flexible, allowing users a number of methods of achieving their aims. The programs are from a wide variety of sources but are connected by a common infrastructure provided by standard file formats, data objects and graphical interfaces. Structure solution by macromolecular crystallography is becoming increasingly automated and the CCP4 suite includes several automation pipelines. After giving a brief description of the evolution of CCP4 over the last 30 years, an overview of the current suite is given. While detailed descriptions are given in the accompanying articles, here it is shown how the individual programs contribute to a complete software package.
authors: STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington, England. martyn.winn@stfc.ac.uk
authors: Martyn D
authors: MD
authors: Winn
authors: Charles C
authors: CC
authors: Ballard
authors: Kevin D
authors: KD
authors: Cowtan
authors: Eleanor J
authors: EJ
authors: Dodson
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Emsley
authors: Phil R
authors: PR
authors: Evans
authors: Ronan M
authors: RM
authors: Keegan
authors: Eugene B
authors: EB
authors: Krissinel
authors: Andrew G W
authors: AG
authors: Leslie
authors: Airlie
authors: A
authors: McCoy
authors: Stuart J
authors: SJ
authors: McNicholas
authors: Garib N
authors: GN
authors: Murshudov
authors: Navraj S
authors: NS
authors: Pannu
authors: Elizabeth A
authors: EA
authors: Potterton
authors: Harold R
authors: HR
authors: Powell
authors: Randy J
authors: RJ
authors: Read
authors: Alexei
authors: A
authors: Vagin
authors: Keith S
authors: KS
authors: Wilson
mesh_terms: D057205:Automation, Laboratory; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D012985:Software Design
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins