PocketMol: a molecular visualization tool for the Pocket PC

Author

Gilder, Jason R. ; Raymer, Michael ; Doom, Travis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

4-6 Nov 2001

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Molecular visualization programs are available on many platforms. They allow a user to visualize and manipulate molecular structures. PocketMol provides the same functionality on a Pocket PC handheld computer. Using standard protein data bank (pdb) files, the user can move, rotate, and scale a protein to explore its structure and function. The user can choose from a standard backbone view or a simplified view using only alpha carbon atoms. PocketMolGX uses the Microsoft Game API to provide fast animation that is quite smooth. PocketMol is designed as an aid for those wishing to explore or demonstrate protein structures without the availability of a full-size computer

Keywords

biology computing; data visualisation; microcomputer applications; molecular biophysics; molecular configurations; proteins; software packages; Microsoft Game API; Pocket PC handheld computer; PocketMol; alpha carbon atoms; backbone view; fast animation; molecular structure visualization; molecular structures; molecular visualization tool; protein data bank files; protein structures; Animation; Bioinformatics; Computer science; Data visualization; Handheld computers; Operating systems; Personal communication networks; Proteins; Read-write memory; Spine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the IEEE 2nd International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Bethesda, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1423-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIBE.2001.974406

Filename

974406