title: FORME: an interactive package for protein backbone deformation.
abstract: The FORME package presented herein is designed for modeling purposes: It allows interactive deformation of the protein backbone. General formalism on transformations is introduced and the operators of stretching inside an "acceptance area" and stretching with end-block invariance (i.e., governed by a translational moving) are described. A discussion is presented on the choice of strategy to achieve an interactive deformation tool. Perspectives about complex transformations are presented.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherches Biomathématiques et Biostatistiques, INSERM U263, Université Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tuffery
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Vaney
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mornon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hazout
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012984:Software