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Protein Data Bank exchange dictionary (pdbx) version 1.0521

_entity.pdbx_parent_entity_id

Name:
'_entity.pdbx_parent_entity_id'

Definition:

   An identifier for the parent entity if this entity
   is part of a complex entity.  For instance a chimeric
   entity may be decomposed into several independent 
   chemical entities where each component entity was
   obtained from a different source.

Examples:

1
2
3

Type: code

Mandatory item: no

Alias:
_entity.rcsb_parent_entity_id (cif_rcsb.dic version 1.1)

Category: entity


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.