Structure, function and regulation of STAT proteins, a review published recently in Molecular BioSystems, has become the first article from RSC Publishing to provide links to 3D visualisations of complex molecules. 

The 3D feature, made available to authors in Molecular BioSystems earlier this year, uses the PDB identification code to generate an image using First Glance in Jmol. Links are located in the Electronic Supplementary Information section of the article, where you can also download ChemDraw/ISISDraw files and movies (where available). The 3D images can be rotated and customized in a variety of ways. 

"The link to the 3D structure is indeed interesting and useful" commented author Dr Xinmin Cao, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore. "We are happy to consider submitting our papers to the journal in future." 

But it's not just Molecular BioSystems' authors that are keen to use this feature: this pioneering article was quickly followed by a review on supramolecular DNA recognition in Chemical Society Reviews. This review by Mike Hannon, University of Birmingham, UK, which has just been made available as an advanced article, has links to no less than thirteen 3-dimensional structures. 

As news spreads of the enhancements available via RSC Publishing's Electronic Supplementary Information service, Editorial and Production staff are confident that more and more authors will take advantage of this feature.