METHOD FOR ORGANIZING AND DEPICTING BIOLOGICAL ELEMENTS

摘要

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for depicting one or more biological elements in a basic environment by means of a data processing system comprising the steps of obtaining one or more data sets relating to a biological element, determining at least one first feature element from said data sets, said feature element providing information on a relation between said biological element and said basic environment, obtaining data determining a graphical representation for depicting at least one of the biological elements corresponding to said one or more data sets determining a relations between the graphical representation of said basic environment and said graphical representation on the basis of said first feature element, providing means for effecting that in a graphical representation of said environment generated from said data said graphical representation of said biological element is depicted as located on said display of said basic environment element according to said relation determined on the basis of said first feature element. The invention also provides for a method and apparatus for handling three-dimensional representations of biological molecules, such as proteins and protein complexes.