Using VMD: an introductory tutorial.
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SUBMITTER: Hsin J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2972669 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
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Using VMD: an introductory tutorial.
Hsin Jen J Arkhipov Anton A Yin Ying Y Stone John E JE Schulten Klaus K
Current protocols in bioinformatics 20081201
VMD (Visual Molecular Dynamics) is a molecular visualization and analysis program designed for biological systems such as proteins, nucleic acids, lipid bilayer assemblies, etc. This unit will serve as an introductory VMD tutorial. We will present several step-by-step examples of some of VMD's most popular features, including visualizing molecules in three dimensions with different drawing and coloring methods, rendering publication-quality figures, animating and analyzing the trajectory of a mo ...[more]
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