Microcomputer-based three-dimensional stereoscopic macromolecular graphics display
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802, USA
Software which permits an IBM AT and two IBM Professional Graphics Displays to be used to display high-quality three-dimensional space-filling stereoscopic images of macromol-ecules is described. Stereo image pairs generated on two screens are visually fused using a simple mirror system to provide binocular depth perception. Images are colored to identify atomic type, residue type, charge or hydrophobicity according to user-specified codes and can be rotated and rescaled. Macro-molecules containing over 16 000 atoms can be rapidly drawn using Brookhaven Protein Data Bank or user-supplied coordinates.
Received on August 7, 1987; accepted on October 21, 1987