The Phenix developers are pleased to announce that version 1.6 of
Phenix is now available. Binary installers for Linux, and Mac OSX
platforms are available at the download site:
http://phenix-online.org/download/
Just some of the new features in this version (1.6) are:
- New Graphical User Interfaces for AutoMR, and Phaser (in MR and SAD
modes)
- Improved reflection file editor GUI and command line tool
- Updated map calculation GUI
- C++ version of Resolve
- Refinement of residues spanning symmetry axes in phenix.refine
- New RNA sugar pucker geometry restraints in phenix.refine
- Torsion angle dynamics refinement updates
- Optional real space refinement of ligands in LigandFit wizard
For a full list of changes see:
http://www.phenix-online.org/documentation/CHANGES
Please note that there is a new publication that should be used to
cite use of Phenix:
PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular
structure solution. P. D. Adams, P. V. Afonine, G. Bunkóczi, V. B.
Chen, I. W. Davis, N. Echols, J. J. Headd, L.-W. Hung, G. J. Kapral,
R. W. Grosse-Kunstleve, A. J. McCoy, N. W. Moriarty, R. Oeffner, R. J.
Read, D. C. Richardson, J. S. Richardson, T. C. Terwilliger and P. H.
Zwart. Acta Cryst. D66, 213-221 (2010).
Full documentation is available here:
http://www.phenix-online.org/documentation/
There is a Phenix bulletin board:
http://www.phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb/
Please consult the installer README file or online documentation for
installation instructions.
Direct questions and problem reports to the bulletin board or:
[email protected] and [email protected]
Commercial users interested in obtaining access to Phenix should visit
the
Phenix website for information about the Phenix Industrial Consortium.
The development of Phenix is principally funded by the National
Institute of
General Medical Sciences (NIH) under grant P01-GM063210. We also
acknowledge
the generous support of the members of the Phenix Industrial Consortium.
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Paul Adams
Acting Division Director, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence
Berkeley Lab
Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, U.C. Berkeley
Vice President for Technology, the Joint BioEnergy Institute
Head, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology
Building 64, Room 248
Tel: 1-510-486-4225, Fax: 1-510-486-5909
http://cci.lbl.gov/paul
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road
BLDG 64R0121
Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Executive Assistant: Patty Jimenez [ [email protected] ]
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