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Why is it called Rosetta?

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Why is it called Rosetta?
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This is a very general question. Why is this modeling suite called Rosetta?

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Sun, 2016-03-13 14:28
cossio

I asked this at RosettaCON a few years ago.  It's just named after the Rosetta Stone.  The original developers hoped Rosetta could translate protein sequences into structures the way the Stone translated ancient languages.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone

Sun, 2016-03-13 15:25
smlewis