Hold on Tight: Cadherins
A two page magazine article featuring cadherin proteins.
Structures were accessed from the Protein Data Bank then modeled in UCSF Chimera and Cinema 4D using the ePMV plugin. Models were rendered in Cinema 4D and finally edited using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
Client: Derek Ng
Audience: Interested public
Format: Print (magazine), 11 x 17"
Media: UCSF Chimera, Cinema 4D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Date: July 2018
Process Work
References
PDB IDs: 3Q2V, 4ZT1, 3L6X, 1I7W, 4IGG, 4K1O, 1J6Z, 3LUE.
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