         TINKER   Software Tools for Molecular Design

                    Version 3.9   June 2001  
          Copyright  1990-2001   Jay William Ponder

TINKER is a  modular program package  for molecular mechanics-
based  potential   energy  calculations,   molecular  dynamics 
simulation, distance geometry and structural analysis.

Selected References for the TINKER Package:

R. V. Pappu, R. K. Hart and J. W. Ponder, J. Phys. Chem. B, 
102, 9725-9742 (1998)
M. J. Dudek, K. Ramnarayan and J. W. Ponder, J. Comput. Chem., 
19, 548-573 (1998)
Y. Kong and J. W. Ponder, J. Chem. Phys., 107, 481-492 (1997)
M. E. Hodsdon, J. W. Ponder and D. P. Cistola, J. Mol. Biol., 
264, 585-602 (1996)
M. J. Dudek and J. W. Ponder, J. Comput. Chem., 16, 791-816 
(1995)
C. E. Kundrot, J. W. Ponder and F. M. Richards, J. Comput. 
Chem., 12, 402-409 (1991)
J. W. Ponder and F. M. Richards, J. Comput. Chem., 8, 1016-
1024 (1987)

The TINKER  software is  registered under U.S.  Copyright Law. 
The source code was developed by the author and is distributed 
solely through  the Department  of Biochemistry  and Molecular 
Biophysics at Washington University. Its use is subject to the 
following conditions:

(1)Use  of  this software  is  restricted  to the  individual, 
   laboratory or  organization  to which  it is  supplied. The 
   package and portions thereof may not be sold nor may copies 
   be  distributed  to  third   parties  without  the  express 
   permission of the author and Washington University.
(2)This software package is provided  on an "as is" basis. The 
   author in no  way warrants either this  software or results 
   it may produce.
(3)The author is  under no obligation to  provide any services 
   by  way of  maintenance,  updates or  corrections  for this 
   software.
(4)Reports or publications resulting from use of this software 
   package must contain an acknowledgment in the form commonly 
   used in academic research.

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                   Dr. Jay W. Ponder
                   Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Box 
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                   St. Louis, MO  63110   U.S.A.
