See the RasMol Classic Main Page
http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol
Free spring 1998 NSF-supported workshops at LIU/Brooklyn for college
profs in the New York City area will enable you to use molecular
visualization in your teaching. Fridays March 13 and April 3 or 17;
or Saturdays March 14 and April 4 or 18. Total registration limited
to 40. Details and registration form at
RasMol Quick Start: tells beginners how to use RasMol, also where and how to download any molecule of interest (large or small) for viewing in RasMol. http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/rasquick.htm
What questions can you answer about a protein/DNA molecule with RasMol? http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/raswhat.htm Walks beginners step by step thru methods for answering questions including:
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Saving selected views of molecules for use in your teaching. This document explains how to use RasMol's powerful save script filename command, and provides troubleshooting if needed. http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/prsswc/prssft.htm This document also explains how to create a master script which plays back your RasMol-saved scripts smoothly, in the desired order.
Putting your teaching presentation on the web. Explains how to incorporate your RasMol-saved scripts into a Chime-based presentation on the web. A downloadable Chime template is provided. You need merely change a few lines in it with a text editor -- no programming is involved! An example of such a teaching presentation, showing the gal4 transcriptional regulator complexed to DNA, is provided. http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/prsswc/template.htm
Ready-to-use pushbutton tutorials on:
Web-based visualization tutorials on over 30 other molecules are indexed at the World Index of Animated Tutorials on Biomolecular Structures at http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/tutbymol.htm