11. PyMOL: Program Version, Download, & Additional Resources
Links and Version
PyMOL is a downloadable software program that allows users to visualize and manipulate 3D molecular structures. PyMOL 3.1.4.1 was used to create these tutorials. If you are using a different version, there may be slight changes in the interface, commands, and mouse behaviors
About
PyMOL is a commercial product, with an open-source philosophy. Thanks to the Open-Source project, much of its source code is freely available, under a permissive license. PyMOL is maintained and distributed by Schrödinger. An education-use only license is also freely available for PyMOL.
The PyMOL community is very active and has a great PyMOLWiki Page.
Lead References
Schrodinger, L. L. C. (2021). The PyMOL molecular graphics system. (No Title). no doi available.
DeLano, W. L. (2002). Pymol: An open-source molecular graphics tool. CCP4 Newsl. Protein Crystallogr, 40(1), 82-92. no doi available.