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ArticleScientific reports2016

QwikMD - Integrative Molecular Dynamics Toolkit for Novices and Experts.

João V Ribeiro, Rafael C Bernardi, Till Rudack, John E Stone, James C Phillips, Peter L Freddolino, Klaus Schulten

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers.

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118citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

118 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

João V RibeiroBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Rafael C BernardiBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Till RudackBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
John E StoneBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
James C PhillipsBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Peter L FreddolinoDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA.
Klaus SchultenBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Funding

WHOLE CELL SIMULATIONP41GM104601 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI TAJKHORSHID, EMAD · 2012 to 2021
$19.0M
Genome-wide measurement of bacterial transcriptional regulatory statesR00GM097033 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI FREDDOLINO, LYDIA PETRA · 2015 to 2017
$746k
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM104601NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM097033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The proper functioning of biomolecules in living cells requires them to assume particular structures and to undergo conformational changes. Both biomolecular structure and motion can be studied using a wide variety of techniques, but none offers the level of detail as do molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Integrating two widely used modeling programs, namely NAMD and VMD, we have created a robust, user-friendly software, QwikMD, which enables novices and experts alike to address biomedically relevant questions, where often only molecular dynamics simulations can provide answers. Performing both simple and advanced MD simulations interactively, QwikMD automates as many steps as necessary for preparing, carrying out, and analyzing simulations while checking for common errors and enabling reproducibility. QwikMD meets also the needs of experts in the field, increasing the efficiency and quality of their work by carrying out tedious or repetitive tasks while enabling easy control of every step. Whether carrying out simulations within the live view mode on a small laptop or performing complex and large simulations on supercomputers or Cloud computers, QwikMD uses the same steps and user interface. QwikMD is freely available by download on group and personal computers. It is also available on the cloud at Amazon Web Services.

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PMID27216779
PMCPMC4877583

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