Analyzing and Building Nucleic Acid Structures with 3DNAAndrew V. Colasanti 1, Xiang-Jun Lu 2, Wilma K. Olson 1
1Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and BioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, 2Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
The 3DNA software package is a popular and versatile bioinformatics tool with capabilities to analyze, construct, and visualize three-dimensional nucleic acid structures. This article presents detailed protocols for a subset of new and popular features available in 3DNA, applicable to both individual structures and ensembles of related structures.