molecular graphics softwares

[Wayne R. Baker]

In bionet.xtallography, 
Isabelle Reginster <Isabelle.Reginster at fundp.ac.be> wrote
:
:I'm searching for molecular graphics softwares,
:mostly for PC, but also for Mac, SGI and unix machines.
:Send your answers to regin at biq.fundp.ac.be
:
:I'll send a summary on this list.

This was posted a while back. My apologies to the author for omitting
their name.

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In article <36se4cINN1ccd at sat.ipp-garching.mpg.de>, krasel at alf.biochem.mpg.de (Cornelius Krasel) writes:
> In article <macklon-0310941136450001 at pc22.mid.ucalgary.ca>, macklon at acs.ucalgary.ca (PMacklon) writes:

>> We are interested in share/freeware programs to be able to view protein
>> structures (such as transferrin) on either a PC or Mac platform. 
>
> Rasmol is exactly what you're looking for. Unfortunately it is not yet
> available for Macs. (I am even not sure if there is _any_ PDB viewer
> available for Macs...)

   Didier Vanderveken has compiled a list of 53 molecular graphics
programs, of which 16 run on the Macintosh!  The ones that say they
directly accept PDB input are all commercial, but some of the free
programs don't say what format they take.  To get the list:

  ftp infomeister.osc.edu
  Name: anonymous
  Password: Your_E-mail_Address
  ftp> cd pub/chemistry/documents
  ftp> get molecular_graphics_packages
  ftp> quit

To those who don't have ftp access, I'm willing to e-mail the file.

> Alternatively you could try Kinemage, available for both Macs and 
> Windows, but you would have to convert PDB files first

   Kinemage is not on the list yet.  Send in a description!

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misrael at scripps.edu			Mark Israel


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