Molecular structure is a critical component to our visual and spatial understanding of molecular biology and chemistry. Below is a list of some online resources that Prof. Yarger recommends to students:
Molecular Structure DataBases
- PubChem (open chemistry database at the NIH)
- RCSB (Molecular Machinery in the PDF archive)
- PDBe (Biological Macromolecular Structures)
- ChemSpider (Chemical Structure Database)
Molecular Structure Builders, GUI’s, & Interactive Websites
- Avogadro (Molecular Editor and Visualizer)
- Chimera (Extensible Molecular Modeling System)
- VMD (Molecular Visualization Program)
- JSmol (Javascript-Based Molecular Viewer from Jmol)
- PyMOL (Python based molecular visualization system, by Schrodinger)
- MolView (Web-Based Molecular Builder and Viewer)
- 3Dchem (Interactive Website for Chemical Structures)
- VESTA (Visualization for Electronic and Structural Analysis)
BioPchem 