VRML Models of Virus Capsids

Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) files describe 3 dimensional models.

This VRML model shows part of the reovirus core particle (PDB identifier 1ej6). It can be viewed and rotated with a VRML web browser plugin.

Getting a VRML Web Browser Plug-in

On Windows the Cortona VRML plugin (version 4.2) for Internet Explorer 6.0 works well. The "Study" navigation method works better than "Fly" or "Walk" methods.

On Mac OS X the Cortona VRML plugin (version 1.0.1 beta) for works with Safari 1.2.1. The "Study" navigation method works better than "Fly" or "Walk" methods.

On Linux the FreeWRL VRML plugin (version 1.06) with Mozilla 1.6 works well.

Other VRML plug-ins are listed on the NIST vrml page.