ICM-Browser

Infobox Software
name = ICM-Browser



caption = A screenshot of ICM-Browser, showing a small molecule being docked.
developer = Molsoft LLC
latest_release_version = 3.5-0
latest_release_date = February 21, 2007
operating_system = Windows XP/NT/2000, Linux/i386/AMD64, SGI IRIX, Mac OS X
genre = Molecular modelling
license =
website = [http://www.molsoft.com/icm_browser.html 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.

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

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

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", "Trends in Biochemical Sciences", 31, 76-78, 2006. DOI|10.1016/j.tibs.2005.12.006

External links

* [http://www.molsoft.com/ Molsoft Homepage]
* [http://www.molsoft.com/icm_browser.html ICM-Browser Homepage]

See also

* Internal Coordinate Mechanics
* Molsoft