NHSE Software Catalog

RasMol - Molecular Graphics Visualisation Tool

url

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author

Roger Sayle, BioMolecular Structures Group, Glaxo Research & Development, Middlesex, UK

version

2.5

abstract

RasMol is a molecular graphics program intended for the visualisation of
proteins, nucleic acids and small molecules. The program is aimed at display,
teaching and generation of publication quality images.

keywords

data visualization; application program; molecular biology

publication-date

October 1994

environment

Macintosh, PowerMac, UNIX, VMS, Microsoft Windows

comments

Currently supported input file formats include Brookhaven Protein
Databank (PDB), Tripos' Alchemy and Sybyl Mol2 formats, Molecular Design
Limited's (MDL) Mol file format, Minnesota Supercomputer Center's (MSC)
XMol XYZ format and CHARMm format files.