Illustrate: Software for Biomolecular Illustration

Goodsell, David S.; Autin, Ludovic; Olson, Arthur J.

doi:10.1016/j.str.2019.08.011

Title: Illustrate: Software for Biomolecular Illustration

Abstract

The small program Illustrate generates non-photorealistic images of biological molecules for use in dissemination, outreach and education. The approach has been used as part of the “Molecule of the Month,” an ongoing educational column at the RCSB Protein Data Bank (http://rcsb.org). Insights from 20 years of application of the program are introduced, and the program has been released both as open source Fortran at Github and through an interactive web-based interface.

Authors:: Goodsell, David S.; Autin, Ludovic; Olson, Arthur J.

Publication Date:: Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1704049

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1573129; OSTI ID: 1600724

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019749; R01-GM120604; DBI-1832184; R01-GM133198

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Structure

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Structure Journal Volume: 27 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0969-2126

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; biomolecular visualization; science education; protein structure; computer graphics; ambient occlusion; non-photorealistic rendering

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  title        = {Illustrate: Software for Biomolecular Illustration},

  author       = {Goodsell, David S. and Autin, Ludovic and Olson, Arthur J.},

  abstractNote = {The small program Illustrate generates non-photorealistic images of biological molecules for use in dissemination, outreach and education. The approach has been used as part of the “Molecule of the Month,” an ongoing educational column at the RCSB Protein Data Bank (http://rcsb.org). Insights from 20 years of application of the program are introduced, and the program has been released both as open source Fortran at Github and through an interactive web-based interface.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.str.2019.08.011},

  journal      = {Structure},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 27,

  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

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