Read molecular structures and associated data in a large number of formats, display the structures in a variety of representations, and generate high-quality images and animations suitable for publication and presentation. In addition, Chimera provides tools to:

• Show density maps and analyze microscopy data
• Utilize symmetry information for the display of higher-order structures
• Display multiple sequence alignments, with crosstalk between the sequences and structures
• Enable analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories and docking results.

Chimera is distributed with full documentation and a number of tutorials, and can be downloaded free of charge for academic, government, non-profit, and personal use. Chimera is available for several platforms, including Windows, MacOS X, and Linux. For more information, see the Chimera web site at http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera.

Molecular Graphics

• Interactively manipulable stick, ball-and-stick, CPK, ribbon, and special nucleotide representations; molecular surfaces
• Highly intuitive translation, scaling, and rotation; Side View tool for adjusting clipping planes and scaling
• Interactive color editing in various color spaces (RGB, CMYK, etc.), including transparency
• Ability to save high-resolution images for presentation and publication
• Stereo viewing (side-by-side and time-sequential)

Chemical Knowledge

• Determination of atom types in arbitrary molecules, including non-standard residues
• Ability to add hydrogen atoms
• High-quality hydrogen bond identification
• Selection of atoms/bonds by element, atom type, functional group, amino acid category
• Interactive bond rotation, distance and angle measurements

If you would like to discuss Chimera or any other application you might be using please feel free to contact us.