From: Tom Laue <tml@hopper.unh.edu>
  To  : Borries Demeler <demeler@bioc02.uthscsa.edu>
  Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 08:11:10 -0400

Re: sedimentation database

Dear Borries,
I agree that it is a good idea. We are working on the program for
sedimentation interpretation, and this uses an Access database for storing
information needed by the program. It is also designed to keep a named
record about the protein and the results from the interpretation. It would
be nice to combine efforts on this. Our major interest has been to get the
interpretation section "right" so that the most accurate data would be
available with the caveats spelled out. We have paid scant attention to the
protein database (except to put it in). An executable is available at
UNHUCF.UNH.EDU (anonymous login). You will need a bunch of .DLLs, which are
scattered around the directory. Version 4 (standing for 0.4!) is available
in the sednterp4 subdirectory. I hope that we have time to bring this up to
version 1.0 this summer, then put it out on the RASMB for comment. The idea
is to have a set of databases accessible over the network, some with
physical constants and others with molecular properties. 

I am a bit wary of the idea of putting data on a server. For sedimentation
equilibrium we easily gather a Mb of data or more. This is workable over a
network. Our sedimentation velocity methods, though, now store up to 100 Mb
in a run. I can't see serving this out on the network! Maybe there will be a
good compromise?

Best!
Tom