The image inspired the creation of a large sculpture commissioned Schering-Plough for their Research Institute in Kenilworth, NJ, created in wood by the Alabama artist Craig Nutt.
The active molecule is a dimer, the tetramer is an artifact of crystallization. Four *.pdb files were prepared. A secondary structure assignment was made: interferon is all helical with coils between the helices.
The Wavefront files were saved from the Ribbon Panel.
The rendering was done with the Personal Visualizer, that used to be included for free on the SGI.