BUSTER Documentation : Introduction
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Contents
- Scope and intended use
- How to cite use of BUSTER
- Authors and contributions
autoBUSTER is a framework and collection of
tools, intended for refining structures with the latest version of the
BUSTER-TNT refinement program in conjunction with the geometry
module GELLY,
the
grade
tool for generating restraint dictionaries, and
the MakeTNT
collection of tools for manipulating restraint dictionaries.
Initially, autoBUSTER was an alternate method
for invoking BUSTER (as opposed to the original Buffet interface). For
quite some time now, it has become the only supported and developed
method - which is why we now refer to the whole collection of programs
and tools simply as BUSTER.
BUSTER handles a variety of cases typical for macromolecular
refinement:
- protein structures with or without ligands or co-factors
- DNA and RNA structures
- high- and low-resolution structures
- presence of non-crystallographic symmetry
- TLS parameterisation
- already well-refined structures or structures near the beginning
of the refinement process
The main source of documentation for BUSTER is the BUSTER wiki.
If you have questions or problems, please contact buster-develop@globalphasing.com.
Please note that we tend to call BUSTER the collection of tools
that often started life as separate projects (and which names are
often still used as separate entities).
- autoBUSTER:
The tools, scripts and programs that make up the autoBUSTER
framework are developed by: G. Bricogne, C. Flensburg,
P. Keller, W. Paciorek, A. Sharff, C. Vonrhein with
contributions from former group members E. Blanc, M. Brandl,
P. Roversi, O. Smart and T. Womack.
- BUSTER-TNT:
The writing of BUSTER was started in 1989 by Gerard Bricogne.
Subsequent contributions, including the interfacing of BUSTER to
TNT, have come from John Irwin (1994 - 1998), Pietro Roversi
(1995 - 2003), Clemens Vonrhein (since 1998), Eric Blanc (1998 -
2003), Maria Brandl (2004 - 2009), Wlodek Paciorek (since 2004),
Claus Flensburg (since 2000), Oliver Smart (2004-2014), Thomas
Womack (2007-2011) and Andrew Sharff (since 2009).
- GELLY:
The writing of GELLY was started by Oliver Smart (2004-2014),
with further contributions from Claus Flensburg (since 2004) and
Thomas Womack (2007-2011). Current development is done mainly by
Claus Flensburg, Andrew Sharff, Wlodek Paciorek and Clemens
Vonrhein.
- MakeTNT:
The MakeTNT toolkit was developed by Maria Brandl between 2004
to 2009.
- grade: grade
was written by Oliver Smart (2010-2014) and Thomas Womack
(2010-2012) and is now developed mainly by Claus Flensburg,
Andrew Sharff and Clemens Vonrhein.
Last modification: 04.02.2020