The PΓ΄le BioInformatique Lyonnais (PBIL) in Gerland, a suburb of Lyons, was created in January 1998 to focus on protein structure. The aims of this institute include the development of methods of protein secondary structure prediction, detection of fuzzy motifs in protein sequences, automatic molecular modelling tools and protein sequence analysis software (e.g. GENO3D, ANTHEPROT and MPSA). The software is available for on-line analysis or for downloading.
ExPASy-SWISS-3DIMAGE
http://www.expasy.ch/sw3d/ This on-line database not only provides images of experimentally elucidated structures, but also gives views of well-established theoretical protein models. The images, accessible by description, identification or SWISS-PROT accession number, are provided in several useful formats. Both mono and stereo pictures are generally available.
The Stephen White Laboratory at UC Irvine http://blanco.biomol.uci.edu/index.shtml Stephen White conducts research on the biophysics of membrane proteins at the University of California at Irvine. Sections of this site cover general principles and the energetics of membrane protein folding, experimentally determined hydrophobicity scales, and the structure of fluid-lipid bilayers. Many links to membrane and protein biophysics resources, including the membrane protein topology database and a list of membrane proteins of known three-dimensional structure, are also accessible.
ALB Crystallography
http://www.cristal.org/ This website, designed by Armel Le Bail at the University of Le Mans, is dedicated to crystallography and provides access to crystallography software and relevant websites. This site is available in English and French.
Crystallography Online http://iucr.sdsc.edu/cww-top/crystal.index.html This site is maintained by the International Union of Crystallography and provides extensive coverage of current and internet-based information on crystallography organisations, databases and journals.