WHAT IF is a versatile protein structure analysis program that can be used for mutant prediction, structure verification, molecular graphics, etc. An overview of all what WHAT IF can do for you is part of this documentation. This documentation is available via anonymous FTP on swift.embl-heidelberg.de.
WHAT IF is available for academic users at a nominal fee, commercial site licenses are available (US5000,-).Users need to sign a license agreement.
There are six WHAT IF courses per year. These courses are free of costs.
Several free subsets of WHAT IF will be made available. Presently these are:
If you have any suggestions on how to improve the manual, please don't hesitate to contact me. For information about acquiring WHAT IF, read the chapter on licenses. If you need more information please contact Gert Vriend. This set of HTML files is also available as one archive file on the public part of the WHAT IF ftp site. You can also read the installation notes, and the WHAT IF FAQ (list of Frequently Asked Questions).
We also maintain a list of all major new features in WHAT IF.