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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Mr. Vaitkus,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>many thanks for pointing this out to us so that the info on the swebsite can be updated accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Helmut Cölfen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>__________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Prof. Dr. Helmut Cölfen, FRSC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>University of Konstanz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Physical Chemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Universitätsstraße 10, Box 714<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>D-78457 Konstanz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Tel +49 (0) 7531 88-4063 (Office)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>+49 (0) 7531 88-2027 (Secretary Ms. Köst)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Fax +49 (0) 7531 88-3139<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/coelfen/"><span lang=EN-US>https://www.chemie.uni-konstanz.de/coelfen/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>__________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:white'><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Von: </span></b><span style='font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Antanas Vaitkus <antanas.vaitkus90@gmail.com><br><b>Datum: </b>Mittwoch, 4. Oktober 2017 um 09:10<br><b>An: </b><crystals@mdpi.com><br><b>Cc: </b>Helmut Cölfen <helmut.coelfen@uni-konstanz.de>, Amanda Constantinides <aconstantinides1@student.gsu.edu>, <cod-bugs@ibt.lt><br><b>Betreff: </b>Clarification of instructions for authors<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I am writing on behalf of the Crystallography Open Database (COD) which is one of the repositories for X-Ray Crystallographic Data recommended by your journal. Recently, an attempt was made to deposit a protein crystal structure to our database; after a short exchange with the author it was made clear that she was simply following the instructions provided on your website (<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/instructions">http://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/instructions</a>). Protein crystal structures are out of the scope of the COD (as well as your other recommended repository -- the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)) since the field is well covered by the Protein Data Bank (PDB). Would it be possible to update your instructions to reflect that the protein structures should indeed be deposited to the PDB?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Antanas Vaitkus<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Antanas Vaitkus,<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>PhD student at Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology,<br>room V325, Saulėtekio al. 7,<br>LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>