ICM-Browser

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ICM-Browser

A screenshot of ICM-Browser, showing a small molecule being docked.
Developer:	Molsoft LLC
Latest release:	3.5-0 / February 21, 2007
OS:	Windows XP/NT/2000, Linux/i386/AMD64, SGI IRIX, Mac OS X
Use:	Molecular modelling
Website:	ICM-Browser at molsoft.com

ICM-Browser is a free product of Molsoft, and provides access to structural biology data and protein families. It reads PDB or alignment files directly from online databases and provides a molecular graphics environment with various representations of proteins, DNA and RNA, and multiple sequence alignments.

1 Supported file formats
2 Selected features
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Supported file formats

PDB structure files
MDL molecular format
Tripos mol2 format
Tables/spreadsheets in portable *.csv or icm format
Sequence and alignment files (fasta, swissprot, and other formats)
Wavefront 3D objects
ICM objects and ICM binary archives with multiple objects or molecular movies

[edit] Selected features

PDB search engine with direct local access to all PDB files without downloading the database
a molecular graphics tool box including multiple representations, fog effects, stereo, adjustable perspective, and multilevel selection
colored alignments of publication quality, consensus coloring
cross-selection between 3D objects, sequences and alignments
selections at the secondary structure level

[edit] References

R. Abagyan, W. H. Lee, E. Raush, L. Budagyan, M. Totrov, M. Sundstrom and B. D. Marsden, Disseminating structural genomics data to the public: from a data dump to an animated story
R. Abagyan, W. H. Lee, E. Raush, L. Budagyan, M. Totrov, M. Sundstrom and B. D. Marsden, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 31, 76-78, 2006. DOI:10.1016/j.tibs.2005.12.006