Interactive construction of residue-based diagrams of proteins: the RbDe web service

We announce the Residue-based Diagram Editor (RbDe) web service that allows online construction of residue-based diagrams and the creation of stored d iagram libraries. The service has been tuned for the construction of snake- like diagrams (for transmembrane proteins) but can be used to render any pr otein for which defined secondary structure data or hypotheses are availabl e. RbDe is freely available through the Internet from our web site: http:// transport. physbio.mssm.edu/rbde/RbDe.html. Licenses for intranet uses can be obtained upon request.