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ArticleBiophysical journal2015

MDTraj: A Modern Open Library for the Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Trajectories.

Robert T McGibbon, Kyle A Beauchamp, Matthew P Harrigan, Christoph Klein, Jason M Swails, Carlos X Hernández, Christian R Schwantes, Lee-Ping Wang, Thomas J Lane, Vijay S Pande

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,273 papers.

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1,273citing papers in PubMed
48.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1,273 citing papers in PubMed, 2,473 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Robert T McGibbonDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Electronic address: rmcgibbo@stanford.edu.
Kyle A BeauchampComputational Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York.
Matthew P HarriganDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Christoph KleinDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Jason M SwailsDepartment of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey.
Carlos X HernándezBiophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Christian R SchwantesDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Lee-Ping WangDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, California.
Thomas J LaneSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California.
Vijay S PandeDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Biophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Stanford University · USKettering University · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory · USStanford Medicine · USUniversity of California, Davis · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Molecular Biophysics Training Program at StanfordT32GM008294 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HUANG, KERWYN C. · 1989 to 2019
$7.4M
Topology, nucleation, and the protein folding barrierR01GM062868 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PANDE, VIJAY S · 2002 to 2018
$5.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30-CA008748NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062868NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM62868NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008294
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As molecular dynamics (MD) simulations continue to evolve into powerful computational tools for studying complex biomolecular systems, the necessity of flexible and easy-to-use software tools for the analysis of these simulations is growing. We have developed MDTraj, a modern, lightweight, and fast software package for analyzing MD simulations. MDTraj reads and writes trajectory data in a wide variety of commonly used formats. It provides a large number of trajectory analysis capabilities including minimal root-mean-square-deviation calculations, secondary structure assignment, and the extraction of common order parameters. The package has a strong focus on interoperability with the wider scientific Python ecosystem, bridging the gap between MD data and the rapidly growing collection of industry-standard statistical analysis and visualization tools in Python. MDTraj is a powerful and user-friendly software package that simplifies the analysis of MD data and connects these datasets with the modern interactive data science software ecosystem in Python.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationSoftwareInternet

Identifiers

PMID26488642
PMCPMC4623899
OpenAlexW2147988069

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