ESmol - Molecular Viewer on Android

!! WARNING !!

ESmol is still in development.
There might be some bugs remaining.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

== About ==

ESmol is a molecular viewer for Android.
You can view three dimensional structures of proteins and
small molecules. ESmol supports most of common representations
for molecules, such as ribbon, trace, stick, sphere and line.
ESmol also supports symmetry operations; biological assemblies and
crystal packing can be displayed.

ESmol has same functionality as GLmol, which is written in
WebGL/Javascript and runs on Web browsers.
You can try GLmol at 
http://webglmol.sourceforge.jp/index-en.html

== Features ==

* Read PDB file
   (ESmol cannot open LARGE molecules (more than about 3MB). For this purpose, please use NDKmol)
* Rotate/Translate/Zoom model by finger
* Representations
    - Line
    - Stick
    - Sphere(van der Waals radius)
    - Alpha carbon trace
    - Ribbon
* Coloring
    - By chain
    - By secondary structure(when defined in SHEET/HELIX records)
    - By Elements
    - Gradation (a.k.a chainbow)
*  Crystallography
    - Display unit cell
    - Show crystal packing (when defined in REMARK section)
    - Display biological assembly (when defined in REMARK section)

== How to Use ==

When launched, ESmol automatically loads deoxyhaemoglobin (PDBID: 2DHB)
as an example. You can rotate the molecule by your finger.
 (Two-finger gestures such as pinch-zoom is not supported yet.)
 
To zoom or translate the molecule, press <MENU> button in your
phone/tablet and select the mode.

Everything can be done from the <MENU>; changing representation
of protein or ligand (non protein molecules), changing colors,
showing biological assembly, crystal packing and/or unit cell.

To load other PDB files, please put the file in "PDB" directory 
of the SD card and select "Open" command in the MENU.
You can also download PDB files directly from RCSB PDB web server.
Select "Download PDB" in the menu.

== Reference ==

A PDB file (PDBID: 2DHB) is included as an example.
 "Three dimensional fourier synthesis of horse deoxyhaemoglobin at 2.8 Angstrom units resolution."
  Bolton, W.,  Perutz, M.F., Nature 228: 551-552 (1970) 

== Changelog ==

version 0.1 : first alpha release

== Contact ==

Project website is located at http://webglmol.sourceforge.jp/

Comments and suggestions are welcome at http://sourceforge.jp/projects/webglmol/forums/ or 
biochem_fan@users.sourceforge.jp 
