2007.06.07 -- This application has been archived. Local users, see a CSB staff member for help if you need to run this program in the Core.

DRAWNA

DRAWNA is a program devoted to fast rendering of 3-D lighted, solid models of nucleic acids.

To use DRAWNA in the CSB core, type the following:

setup drawna (or source /srv/local/setup/drawna.set)
drawna

The online manual explains what the program can do. To create base pair sticks as in the figure above you must tell the program which bases are H-bonded. This is done with the Pair Editor under the View menu. To color a fragment differently use the Fragment Editor under the View menu. These editing sessions may be saved in appropriate files at any time or when quitting the program.

The publication of research using the Software should reference:
C. Massire, C. Gaspin, E. Westhof (1994) DRAWNA : A Program for drawing schematic views of nucleic acids. J. Mol. Graphics 12, 201-206.