Chimera molecular modeling system

[Elaine Meng <meng*at*cgl.ucsf.edu>]

The UCSF Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics
 is pleased to announce the newest release of UCSF Chimera, an
 interactive molecular modeling system.  It is free to academic and
 non-profit users and is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, IRIX,
 and Tru64 Unix.  It can be downloaded from http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera
 Chimera has the capabilities common to many molecular graphics programs,
 as well as a number of more unique features, including:
    - Display of multiple sequence alignments and associated
      structures, with information flow in both directions
    - Atom-type identification within arbitrary molecules
    - Hydrogen-bond identification using crystallographically-derived
      distance and angle criteria
    - Display of 3-dimensional data sets as contour surfaces or
      transparent solids, with interactive threshold adjustment
    - Playback of molecular dynamics trajectories (AMBER format;
      others forthcoming)
    - Interface to facilitate screening of candidate ligands from
      DOCK, including filtering by number/position of hydrogen bonds
    - Extensibility as a design principle, allowing users to create
      custom modules without changing Chimera code
 Further description of Chimera's features can be found at
 http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera
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 On behalf of the Chimera development team,
   Elaine Meng      meng*at*cgl.ucsf.edu
   Computer Graphics Laboratory, RBVI
   University of California, San Francisco