Visualization software Chime

Visualization software allows the user to display molecular structures imported from databases or other software programs. Chime, RasMol, and Protein Explorer programs are available at the websites listed below for Windows operating PCs and Macintosh PowerPC computers. 

One important technique that users should acquire is the ability to transform two-dimensional stereoviews into three dimensions. The stereoviews may be found in visualization software such as Chime and RasMol. They are also found in journal... 

One important visualization technique that users should acquire is the ability to transform two-dimensional stereoviews into three dimensions. The stereoviews may be found in visualization software such as MDL Chime and RasMol.They are also found in journal articles in Science or Nature and others, especially those describing new biomolecule X-ray crystallographic or NMR solution structures. The following hints for learning to transform the stereoviews come from the extremely helpful website http //www.usm.mame. edu/ rhodes/OHelp/StereoView.html. 

The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB-PDB at http //www.rcsb.org/pdb/) is the online source for X-ray and NMR structural data. Many software programs mentioned in Section 3.12 include the facility to visualize imported data however, two free software programs operate well in this regard. These are RasMol and Chime, described below. 

Chime Pro 2.5 adds a JavaBean component to the software s existing HTML-based tools, enabling developers to provide chemical structure rendering and visualization in pure Java applications and applets as well as Web pages. 

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