"3D" biomolecule drawing tools
Joe Malin
jmalin at tuvox.com
Thu Jun 22 10:46:39 PDT 2006
Hi!
Sorry for the spam-like post, but I can't remember who posted the
original question...
Someone asked about tools for drawing pictures of biomolecules like
proteins.
My mom responds that she knows a variety of tools, but they aren't
readily usable by non-scientists. She herself uses a very complex tool
that represents 3D structures with stereoscopic pictures that you should
view with a special optical viewer. Some people can master the trick of
viewing them by crossing their eyes; Oliver Sacks (as usual) wrote a
fascinating article about this in the New Yorker just last week!
Other tools can draw 2D representations of 3D structure. These tools are
readily available, but they do assume you know a fair amount of
biochemistry!
My mom suggests that authors may allow reproductions of real pictures
for non-commercial purposes. For commercial illustrations, she suggests
clip-art.
I hope this helps. If the OP has questions or clarifications he or she
can contact me directly.
Joe
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