WHAT IF software
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (Radboudumc) WHAT IF Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 6 December 1987 |
| Stable release | 6.0
/ 2016 |
| Written in | Fortran, C, OpenGL |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Platform | x86 |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Molecular modelling |
| License | Proprietary, shareware for academics |
| Website | swift |
WHAT IF is a computer program used in a wide variety of computational (in silico) macromolecular structure research fields. The software provides a flexible environment to display, manipulate, and analyze small and large molecules, proteins, nucleic acids, and their interactions.[1][2]
History
The first version of the WHAT IF software was developed by Gert Vriend in 1987 at the University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.[2] Most of its development occurred during 1989–2000 at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. Other contributors include Chris Sander, and Wolfgang Kabsch.[3] In 2000, maintenance of the software moved to the Dutch Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI) in Nijmegen, Netherlands.[1] It is available for in-house use, or as a web-based resource.[4] As of February 2022[update], the original paper describing WHAT IF has been cited more than 4,000 times.
Software
WHAT IF provides a flexible environment to display, manipulate, and analyze small
WHAT IF is compatible with several other bioinformatics software packages, including YASARA and Jmol.[1]
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b c "WHAT IF homepage". Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ PMID 2268628.
- ^ "WHAT IF - Who are we". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- PMID 9694991.
- S2CID 4368507.