Tonal interface to macromolecules (TIMMol): A textual and tonal tool for molecular visualization

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-208

  Cordes, Timothy J ^a,c   Carlson, C Britt ^a   Forest, Katrina T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D learning; Macromolecular structure; Spatial learning; Three dimensional visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549101721     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20183     Document Type: Article

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