title: Leaving the structural ivory tower, assisted by interactive 3D PDF.
abstract: The ability to embed interactive three-dimensional (3D) models into electronic publications in portable document format (PDF) greatly enhances the accessibility of molecular structures. Here, we report advances in this procedure and discuss what is needed to develop this format into a truly useful tool for the structural biology community as well as for readers who are less well trained in molecular visualization.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Immungenetik, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Pravin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grahn
authors.forename: Chee Seng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hee
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011643:Publishing / Q000639:trends*