AISMIG--an interactive server-side molecule image generator.
Using a web browser without additional software and generating interactive high quality and high resolution images of bio-molecules is no longer a problem. Interactive visualization of 3D molecule structures by Internet browsers normally is not possible without additional software and the disadvantage of browser-based structure images (e.g. by a Java applet) is their low resolution. Scientists who want to generate 3D molecular images with high quality and high resolution (e.g. for publications or to render a molecule for a poster) therefore require separately installed software that is often not easy to use. The alternative concept is an interactive server-side rendering application that can be interfaced with any web browser. Thus it combines the advantage of the web application with the high-end rendering of a raytracer. This article addresses users who want to generate high quality images from molecular structures and do not have software installed locally for structure visualization. Often people do not have a structure viewer, such as RasMol or Chime (or even Java) installed locally but want to visualize a molecule structure interactively. AISMIG (An Interactive Server-side Molecule Image Generator) is a web service that provides a visualization of molecule structures in such cases. AISMIG-URL: http://www.dkfz-heidelberg.de/spec/aismig/.
Bohne-Lang
Andreas
A
German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Central Spectroscopy-Molecular Modeling, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Groch
Wolf-Dieter
WD
Ranzinger
René
R
D003196:Computer Graphics; D030562:Databases, Protein; D020407:Internet; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface
D011506:Proteins