release of PROSPECT 2

[Dong Xu <xud.,at,.ornl.gov>]

 We are pleased to announce the release of the first public beta version
 of PROSPECT 2. PROSPECT is a threading-based protein structure prediction
 system. Compared with PROSPECT 1, PROSPECT 2 substantially
 improves the accuracy, speed, flexibility, and ease of use, with a suite
 of new features:
    * Improved threading accuracy
    * Faster computing speed with less memory requirement
    * Updated template database from the PDB as of May, 2002
    * A domain template library using SCOP
    * Template generation from a PDB file
    * A new energy function for threading with Psi-Blast profiles
    * Built-in secondary structure prediction
    * Statistical assessment of threading result using SVM
    * A Perl/Tk interface to run PROSPECT and browse the threading outputs.
 You can read about the improvements and see documentation of the new
 PROSPECT at http://compbio.ornl.gov/structure/prospect2/ . PROSPECT
 is free of charge to academic users. Please print the academic licensing
 agreement at the Web site and fax it to us. We will send you the
 information for download.
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