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Biology structure visualization software

PyMOL is a source-available molecular visualization system created by Warren Lyford DeLano. It was commercialized initially by DeLan Scientific LLC, which was a private software company dedicated to creating useful tools that become universally accessible to scientific and educational communities. It is currently commercialized by Schrödinger, Inc. As the original software license was a permissive licence, they were able to remove it; new versions are no longer released under the Python license, but under a custom license, and some of the source code is no longer released. PyMOL can produce high-quality 3D images of small molecules and biological macromolecules, such as proteins. PyMOL is widely used. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: PyMOLA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: DockingPie: a consensus docking plugin for PyMOLInfluential work since 2022
  3. Read the landmark paper: Ligand docking and binding site analysis with PyMOL and Autodock/VinaCited 2,449 times
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