Unit
UNIT 5.4 Representing Structural Information with RasMol
Published Online: 1 OCT 2005
DOI: 10.1002/0471250953.bi0504s11
Copyright © 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Lab Protocol Title
Current Protocols in Bioinformatics
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How to Cite
Goodsell, D. S. 2005. Representing Structural Information with RasMol. Current Protocols in Bioinformatics. 11:5.4:5.4.1–5.4.23.
Publication History
- Published Online: 1 OCT 2005
- Published Print: SEP 2005
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Abstract
This unit describes the use of RasMol, a popular interactive molecular graphics program, for the display of biomolecular structures. The unit begins with a general guide to obtaining molecular coordinates from the Protein Data Bank and displaying them with RasMol, and then describes several molecular representations that are useful for different applications, along with methods for ensuring that one is viewing the appropriate biological unit and some ideas for customizing one's molecular graphics session.
Keywords:
- Molecular graphics;
- RasMol;
- visualization;
- protein structure
