Conscript: RasMol to PyMOL script converter

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 419-422

  Mottarella, Scott E ^a   Rosa, Mario ^a   Bangura, Abdul ^a   Bernstein, Herbert J ^b   Craig, Paul A ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DOWLING COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ConSCRIPT; Molecular visualization; PyMOL; RasMol; Structural bioinformatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649752482     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20450     Document Type: Article

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