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Virtual reality modeling for structural biology

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In 1995 we have set up a virtual reality division of our Internet-based Image Library of Biological Macromolecules. This was one of the first virtual reality applications in biology. In this contribution we describe how virtual reality modeling can be applied to structural biology.

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Ralf Hofestädt Thomas Lengauer Markus Löffler Dietmar Schomburg

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Sühnel, J. (1997). Virtual reality modeling for structural biology. In: Hofestädt, R., Lengauer, T., Löffler, M., Schomburg, D. (eds) Bioinformatics. GCB 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1278. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0033217

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