A three-dimensional animation of the classical pathway of the complement cascade

M A Whalley; J Minta; L Wilson-Pauwels; N Woolridge

A three-dimensional animation of the classical pathway of the complement cascade

J Biocommun. 1998;25(4):18-28.

Authors

M A Whalley¹, J Minta, L Wilson-Pauwels, N Woolridge

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto.

PMID: 9924690

Abstract

This paper describes the creation of a three-dimensional animation showing the classical pathway of the complement cascade, made in Studio Strata Pro Blitz (v1.75+) on the Macintosh computer. An analysis of two dimensional depictions of the process from the chapters of current textbooks of immunology revealed inconsistencies; animation was used to demonstrate how these difficulties can be overcome.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Complement Pathway, Classical*
Computer Graphics*
Teaching Materials*