Membrane Protein Explorer Requirements

Version 3.2 of MPEx runs with Java Web Start, which is part of the Java Runtime Environment. If you don't have Java installed on your computer, your browser should take you to a web site where you can download it when you click on the 'Start MPEx' button. Otherwise, if you don't have Java installed on your computer, or you don't have an up-to-date version (you should be running at least version 6 of the JRE), visit the Java download site, check the Help menu at the top of your browser for plugin information, or check with your system administrator.

We expect few problems if your Java environment is up-to-date, but please let know if you experience strange behavior with MPEx.

Public Packages Used by MPEx

We are pleased to acknowledge and thank the following individuals for their Java packages:

Java Package Graph by Leigh Brookshaw (© 1995,1996 Leigh Brookshaw) was used for the plotting region. The package was originally written for an early version of the Java libraries and has been modified to replace deprecated code and updated from the old inheritance-based event model to the delegate event model to be more compatible with the Swing libraries.
JDBC MySQL driver classes for MySQL database connectivity by Mark Matthews.
BrowserLauncher.class, by Eric Albert, was used for accessing system browsers (MPEx application).

Helical Wheel shading algorithm adapted from: http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/2D-Graphics-GUI/RadialGradient.htm

    /*
     * Copyright (c) 2007, Romain Guy
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from the Stephen White laboratory at UC Irvine

Public Packages Used by MPEx