[Molvis-list] Molecular Biology Toolkit - building a community

[Karl Sarnow]

John, on Xplora you may setup a community for free. Have a look at
http://www.xplora.org.

Karl


John Beaver schrieb:
> We are seeking to build a developer community around the Molecular
> Biology Toolkit. Unfortunately, I have no experience with this. Does
> anyone have suggestions (i.e., mailing lists, forums)? Does anyone have
> opinions on the need for such a community?
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> Description:
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> The Molecular Biology Toolkit (http://mbt.sdsc.edu
> <http://mbt.sdsc.edu/> )* is a powerful Java toolkit for creating
> applications which utilize structural protein data. It offers clean data
> structures and (optional) visualization using the latest graphics
> technologies. 
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> Success:
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> It is used as a basis for three visualization tools (more on the way)
> developed by the San Diego Supercomputer Center for use on the RCSB PDB
> (www.pdb.org <http://www.pdb.org/> ) and Immune Epitope Database
> (www.immuneepitope.org <http://www.immuneepitope.org/> ), as well as
> internally by the PDB website. The viewers include:
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> -          ProteinWorkshop (www.pdb.org): intended as a tool for
> creating publication quality images of proteins
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> -          EpitopeViewer (www.immuneepitope.org
> <http://www.immuneepitope.org/> ): allows the viewing of
> receptor-antigen structures, incorporating data from the Immune Epitope
> Database
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> -          Ligand Explorer (www.pdb.org <http://www.pdb.org/> ): allows
> the viewing of 
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> Current status:
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> -          Since the visualization component is new, we are currently
> integrating new representations. Currently, we are working on adding
> water-accessible surface rendering, and we expect it to be finished
> within the next four to five months.
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> License:
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> >From the MBT website, "Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute
> any part of the Molecular Biology Toolkit (MBT) for educational,
> research and non-profit purposes, without fee, and without a written
> agreement, " provided they display the copyright. Commercial users would
> need to contact the University of California.
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> * The version of the MBT on the web site is old, and we can provide a
> newer version to those interested. An official 2.0 release of the MBT,
> with an incredible number of improvements will be available soon.
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