title: MemGen: a general web server for the setup of lipid membrane simulation systems.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Molecular dynamics simulations provide atomic insight into the physicochemical characteristics of lipid membranes and hence, a wide range of force field families capable of modelling various lipid types have been developed in recent years. To model membranes in a biologically realistic lipid composition, simulation systems containing multiple different lipids must be assembled.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We present a new web service called MemGen that is capable of setting up simulation systems of heterogenous lipid membranes. MemGen is not restricted to certain lipid force fields or lipid types, but instead builds membranes from uploaded structure files which may contain any kind of amphiphilic molecule. MemGen works with any all-atom or united-atom lipid representation.
  
  
  METHODS
  MemGen is freely available without registration at http://memgen.uni-goettingen.de.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  jhub@gwdg.de
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
authors.affiliation: Georg-August-University Göttingen, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.affiliation: Georg-August-University Göttingen, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Jochen S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hub
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008954:Models, Biological; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008563:Membrane Lipids