Software Resources in the Structural Biology Center

Please note that all software managed by this resource are to be used exclusively for academic, non-commercial activities, and the license agreements must be followed to the letter to avoid fines and other penalties. Also note that some software licenses require the end-user to provide appropriate acknowledgment in published work that is derived from its use.

The pages linked under Software Packages explain how to get started with each program or package. Documentation and Tutorials specific to using a particular piece of software can be found on that software's page. More general software-related topics are covered in the General topics and HOW-TOs section. Check back often, as this will be expanded as time permits.


Software Packages

Accelrys (MSI) InsightII, Discover, Felix, etc.
AMBER Molecular mechanics and NMR structure refinement
Curves Analysis of nucleic acid helicoidal parameters
Dino Visualization of structural biology data
GENXPK NMR resonance assignment and crosspeak management tool
Grasp Graphical Representation and Analysis of Structural Properties
Modeller Comparitive (homology) modeling of protein structure
Molscript Displays 3D molecular structures in cartoon and/or all-atom representations
MSMS Computation of molecular surfaces and surface areas
RasMol Simple but useful PDB viewer for biomolecular structures
SANE Structure Assisted NOE Evaluation
SGI Freeware Freeware utilities available on IRIX systems
 

General topics and HOW-TOs

 
  • Getting access to Accelrys (MSI) software at Vanderbilt
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  • Formatting AMBER coordinates for PDB deposition
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  • Building OpenSSH on SGI IRIX