Dear Mike: Perhaps you will find it useful to start with FirstGlance in Jmol (http://firstglance.jmol.org ) as a simpler alternative to the Jmol application. FirstGlance in Jmol used the Jmol applet, which has capabilities identical to those of the application, but works within a web browser (nothing to install).
At FirstGlance in Jmol you will find a Gallery of molecules (PDB id codes with descriptions) ready to view. FirstGlance in Jmol has been adopted by a number of journals including Nature. Another resource that may be of interest is the Atlas of Macromolecules (http://atlas.proteinexplorer.org ) which has some interesting molecules, with brief descriptions, and links for viewing each in FirstGlance in Jmol. As to "what is the Protein Data Bank", please see http://proteinexplorer.org/igloss.htm#pdb Please don't hesitate to ask if I can be of any help. -Eric /* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Eric Martz, Professor Emeritus, Dept Microbiology U Mass, Amherst -- http://www.umass.edu/molvis/martz Top Five 3D MolVis Technologies http://Top5.MolviZ.Org Biochem 3D Education Resources http://MolviZ.org See 3D Molecules, Install Nothing! - http://firstglance.jmol.org Protein Explorer - 3D Visualization: http://proteinexplorer.org Workshops: http://workshops.proteinexplorer.org World Index of Molecular Visualization Resources: http://molvisindex.org ConSurf - Find Conserved Patches in Proteins: http://consurf.tau.ac.il Atlas of Macromolecules: http://atlas.proteinexplorer.org PDB Lite Macromolecule Finder: http://pdblite.org Molecular Visualization EMail List (molvis-list): http://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/molvis-list - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
