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Subnanometre-resolution structure of the intact Thermus thermophilus H+-driven ATP synthase. Lau WC, Rubinstein JL. Nature. 2012 Jan 12;481(7380):214-8.
Crystal structure of Apis mellifera OBP14, a C-minus odorant-binding protein, and its complexes with odorant molecules. Spinelli S, Lagarde A et al. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2012 Jan;42(1):41-50.
The DARC site: a database of aligned ribosomal complexes. Jarasch A, Dziuk P et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jan;40(1):D495-500.
How a DNA polymerase clamp loader opens a sliding clamp. Kelch BA, Makino DL et al. Science. 2011 Dec 23;334(6063):1675-80.
Remodeling of actin filaments by ADF/cofilin proteins. Galkin VE, Orlova A et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 20;108(51):20568-72.
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January 26, 2012
A Chimera production release candidate (version 1.6) is available; please try it and report any problems. See the release notes for changes relative to previous versions.
December 1, 2011
The SwissSidechain plugin allows mutation to hundreds of non-natural residue types available in the SwissSidechain database (browse...). The plugin and database are developed by the SIB Molecular Modelling Group.
August 16, 2011
House Minority Leader Pelosi and San Francisco Mayor Lee visited UCSF Mission Bay to announce the inaugural Bay Area Science Festival. Their day included a demonstration of Chimera stereo graphics in RBVI's Viz Vault. [UCSF News]
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UCSF Chimera is a highly extensible program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data, including density maps, supramolecular assemblies, sequence alignments, docking results, trajectories, and conformational ensembles. High-quality images and animations can be generated. Chimera includes complete documentation and several tutorials, and can be downloaded free of charge for academic, government, non-profit, and personal use. Chimera is developed by the Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics and funded by the NIH National Center for Research Resources (grant P41-RR001081).
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Related density maps can be compared by morphing from one to the other. Several intermediate maps are generated by interpolating between the starting and ending maps. The morph can be viewed interactively and recorded as a movie. The contour level can be adjusted automatically to keep the enclosed volume constant throughout the morph, and other aspects of map display can be adjusted with Volume Viewer.
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Large ribosomal RNA is shown with individual bases depicted using solvent excluded molecular surfaces. Bases A, C, G, U are colored red, yellow, green, and blue. The surfaces were made with the Chimera multiscale tool in combination with the nucleic acid blobs plug-in. The image was raytraced using POVray.
Protein Data Bank model 1s72.
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