TopDraw: a sketchpad for protein structure topology cartoons

Bioinformatics. 2003 Jan 22;19(2):311-2. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/19.2.311.

Abstract

Summary: Protein topology cartoons are a representation of structural data commonly used by structural biologists to illustrate the relationship between one-dimensional sequence and three-dimensional structural data in a convenient two-dimensional format. TopDraw is a simple, freely available TCL/Tk based drawing program designed specifically for the production of publication quality topology cartoons in a style commonly presented by structural biologists.

Availability: TopDraw is freely available under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It can be downloaded from http://stein.bioch.dundee.ac.uk/~charlie/scripts/topdraw.html.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Cartoons as Topic
  • Computer Graphics*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Conformation
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Sequence Analysis, Protein / methods
  • Software
  • User-Computer Interface*

Substances

  • Proteins