Ribbons

The popular molecular graphics software is copyrighted by M.Carson (1985-2008) and licensed by the UAB / CBSE.

Last site update: Apr 12, 2008

Oct 1 2006: New day, retiring from UAB, but will still maintain ribbons .
Sep.22, 2006: First release of version 3.32.

Jul.10, 2006: Moved to new server from sgce.cbse.uab.edu/ribbons, getting kinks worked out...
November 2005: 20th anniversary of the original ribbon program!

Mar.17, 2005: Version 3.30 for Linux/Cygwin/SGI/MAC (!! need Python 2.4 !!)
Feb.14, 2005: Version 3 for XP - Windows version to be supported!

Release Notes: (Recommended reading, especially if a previous user)


Image of the Month

Downloads:
Base Distribution Source Code
Intel Linux Executables Mac OSX Executables Windows XP Executables
SGI Executables HP (DEC)Alpha Executables Windows w/Cygwin Executables

Documentation/References:
PDF Manual On-line HTML Help Download Help
Carson&Bugg (1986) Raster version (1987) Ribbons 2.0 (1991)
Methods in Enzymology (1997) 277:493-505 (please cite) Structural Genomics of C. elegans

Image Gallery:
Historic and Artistic Images SoundOfSequence (VRML w/audio)
Sample Set for Publication Image of the Month:

Contact: carson@uab.edu