UCSF ChimeraX: Meeting modern challenges in visualization and analysis

Protein Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 14-25

  Goddard, Thomas D ^a   Huang, Conrad C ^a   Meng, Elaine C ^a   Pettersen, Eric F ^a   Couch, Gregory S ^a   Morris, John H ^a   Ferrin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomolecular visualization and analysis; density maps; integrative hybrid modeling; interactive molecular graphics; large scale data; light sheet microscopy; structural biology; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

HUMAN INSULIN; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85039039173     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.3235     Document Type: Article

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