The image inspired the creation of a large sculpture commissioned Schering-Plough for their Research Institute in Kenilworth, NJ, created in wood by the Alabama artist Craig Nutt.
The active molecule is a dimer, the tetramer is an artifact of crystallization. Four *.pdb files were prepared. A secondary structure assignment was made: interferon is all helical with coils between the helices.
The Wavefront files were saved from the Ribbon Panel.
The rendering was done with the Personal Visualizer.