Chapter title |
High-Quality Macromolecular Graphics on Mobile Devices: A Quick Starter’s Guide
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Chapter number | 24 |
Book title |
Structural Genomics
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-62703-691-7_24 |
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Book ISBNs |
978-1-62703-690-0, 978-1-62703-691-7
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Authors |
Chin-Pang Benny Yiu, Yu Wai Chen, Yiu, Chin-Pang Benny, Chen, Yu Wai |
Abstract |
With the rise of tablets, truly portable molecular graphics are now available for wide use by scientists to share structural information in real time at a reasonable cost. We have surveyed the existing software available on Apple iPads and on Android tablets in order to make a recommendation to potential users, primarily based on the product features. Among 12 apps, iMolview (available on both platforms) stands out to be our choice, with PyMOL app (iOS) a close alternative and RCSB PDB Mobile viewer/NDKmol (both platforms) offering some uniquely useful functions. Finally, we include a tutorial on how to get started using iMolview to do some simple visualization in 10 min. |
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