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Data Item
_citation_author.middle_initials
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Item name
_citation_author.middle_initials
Category name
citation_author
Attribute name
middle_initials
Required in PDB entries
no
Used in currrent PDB entries
No
Item Description
The initials for the author's middle names. A name can be used here, if the author uses a middle name for publications.
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code
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code item types/single words ...
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char
Regular expression
[_,.;:"&<>()/\{}'`~!@#$%A-Za-z0-9*|+-]*