2D molecular graphics: a flattened world of chemistry and biology Export

@article{citeulike:4381383, abstract = {Molecular graphics provides an intuitive way for representation, modeling and analysis of complex chemical and biological systems. It is now widely used in the theoretical chemistry, structural biology, molecular modeling and drug design communities. Traditional molecular graphics techniques mainly dedicate to showing molecular architectures at three-dimensional (3D) level. However, in some occasions the two-dimensional (2D) representation of molecular configurations, profiles, behaviors and interactions may be more readily acceptable for audiences, especially when we need to describe abstract information in a straightforward way or to present numerous data in schematic diagrams. In recent years, 2D representation methods/tools have been developed rapidly for various purposes, ranging from the aesthetic depiction of atomic arrangement for small organic molecules to schematic layout of complicated nonbonding network across the biomolecular binding interfaces, and have received considerable interest in the fields of chemistry, biology and medicine. In this article we first propose the term of 2D molecular graphics to cover the spectrum of 2D representing chemical and biological systems, we also give a comprehensive review on the methods, tools and applications of 2D molecular graphics. 10.1093/bib/bbp013}, author = {Zhou, Peng and Shang, Zhicai}, citeulike-article-id = {4381383}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbp013}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://bib.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/247}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19332474}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19332474}, day = {30}, doi = {10.1093/bib/bbp013}, issn = {1477-4054}, journal = {Brief Bioinform}, keywords = {2d, 3d-to-2d, ligplot, review, tool, visualization}, month = {March}, pages = {bbp013+}, posted-at = {2009-04-23 08:12:38}, priority = {2}, title = {2D molecular graphics: a flattened world of chemistry and biology}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbp013}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4381383 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4381383 N2 - Molecular graphics provides an intuitive way for representation, modeling and analysis of complex chemical and biological systems. It is now widely used in the theoretical chemistry, structural biology, molecular modeling and drug design communities. Traditional molecular graphics techniques mainly dedicate to showing molecular architectures at three-dimensional (3D) level. However, in some occasions the two-dimensional (2D) representation of molecular configurations, profiles, behaviors and interactions may be more readily acceptable for audiences, especially when we need to describe abstract information in a straightforward way or to present numerous data in schematic diagrams. In recent years, 2D representation methods/tools have been developed rapidly for various purposes, ranging from the aesthetic depiction of atomic arrangement for small organic molecules to schematic layout of complicated nonbonding network across the biomolecular binding interfaces, and have received considerable interest in the fields of chemistry, biology and medicine. In this article we first propose the term of 2D molecular graphics to cover the spectrum of 2D representing chemical and biological systems, we also give a comprehensive review on the methods, tools and applications of 2D molecular graphics. 10.1093/bib/bbp013 JF - Brief Bioinform SN - 1477-4054 TI - 2D molecular graphics: a flattened world of chemistry and biology SP - bbp013 KW - 2d KW - 3d-to-2d KW - ligplot KW - review KW - tool KW - visualization AU - Zhou, Peng AU - Shang, Zhicai PY - 2009/03/30/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbp013 ER -