Introduction
RasMol2 is a molecular graphics program intended for the visualisation of
proteins, nucleic acids and small molecules. The program is aimed at
display, teaching and generation of publication quality images. RasMol
runs on Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, UNIX and VMS systems. The
UNIX and VMS systems require an 8, 24 or 32 bit colour X Windows display
(X11R4 or later). The program reads in a molecule co-ordinate file and
interactively displays the molecule on the screen in a variety of colour
schemes and molecule representations. Currently available representations
include depth-cued wireframes, 'Dreiding' sticks, spacefilling (CPK) spheres,
ball and stick, solid and strand biomolecular ribbons, atom labels and dot
surfaces.