EzMol: A web server wizard for the rapid visualisation and image production of protein and nucleic acid structures
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Author(s)
Reynolds, CR
Islam, S
Sternberg, MJE
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
EzMol is a molecular visualization Web server in the form of a software wizard, located at http://www.sbg.bio.ic.ac.uk/ezmol/. It is designed for easy and rapid image manipulation and display of protein molecules, and is intended for users who need to quickly produce high-resolution images of protein molecules but do not have the time or inclination to use a software molecular visualization system. EzMol allows the upload of molecular structure files in PDB format to generate a Web page including a representation of the structure that the user can manipulate. EzMol provides intuitive options for chain display, adjusting the color/transparency of residues, side chains and protein surfaces, and for adding labels to residues. The final adjusted protein image can then be downloaded as a high-resolution image. There are a range of applications for rapid protein display, including the illustration of specific areas of a protein structure and the rapid prototyping of images.
Date Issued
2018-07-20
Date Acceptance
2018-01-22
Citation
Journal of Molecular Biology, 2018, 430 (15), pp.2244-2248
ISSN
0022-2836
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
2244
End Page
2248
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Molecular Biology
Volume
430
Issue
15
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Grant Number
WT/104955/Z/14/Z
BB/M011526/1
Subjects
EzMol
Server
graphics
molecular viewer
visualization
0601 Biochemistry And Cell Biology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-01-31