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Vector Alignment Search Tool (VAST)

Metadata Updated: April 23, 2025

A computer algorithm that identifies similar protein 3-dimensional structures. Structure neighbors for every structure in MMDB are pre-computed and accessible via links on the MMDB Structure Summary pages.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date July 3, 2021
Metadata Updated Date April 23, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from Healthdata.gov

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date July 3, 2021
Metadata Updated Date April 23, 2025
Publisher National Library of Medicine
Maintainer
Identifier https://datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov/api/views/w6ya-ncpm
Data First Published 2021-07-01
Data Last Modified 2025-04-21
Category Molecular biology/Genetics
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 009:25
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id dc8c1d5c-8480-4d44-81e7-016168c654e5
Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
Homepage URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/VAST/vast.shtml
License http://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-odbl/
Program Code 009:041
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 818d4e270e5fea0394886c9f8b3357e531de3f20db486701f63d3da24f0864dd
Source Schema Version 1.1

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