Visualization of Biomolecular Structures: State of the Art Revisited

Structural properties of molecules are of primary concern in many fields. This report provides a comprehensive overview on techniques that have been developed in the fields of molecular graphics and visualization with a focus on applications in structural biology. The field heavily relies on compute...

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Published in:Computer graphics forum Vol. 36; no. 8; pp. 178 - 204
Main Authors: Kozlíková, B., Krone, M., Falk, M., Lindow, N., Baaden, M., Baum, D., Viola, I., Parulek, J., Hege, H.‐C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2017
Wiley
Subjects:
and object representations
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
bioinformatics visualization
Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS): I.3.5 [Computer Graphics]: Computational Geometry and Object Modelling—Curve
Computational Geometry
Computer Science
Computer simulation
Image quality
Life Sciences
molecular visualization
solid
surface
Taxonomy
Visualization
bioinformatics visualization
molecular visualization
taxonomy
ISSN:0167-7055, 1467-8659, 1467-8659
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Summary:Structural properties of molecules are of primary concern in many fields. This report provides a comprehensive overview on techniques that have been developed in the fields of molecular graphics and visualization with a focus on applications in structural biology. The field heavily relies on computerized geometric and visual representations of three‐dimensional, complex, large and time‐varying molecular structures. The report presents a taxonomy that demonstrates which areas of molecular visualization have already been extensively investigated and where the field is currently heading. It discusses visualizations for molecular structures, strategies for efficient display regarding image quality and frame rate, covers different aspects of level of detail and reviews visualizations illustrating the dynamic aspects of molecular simulation data. The survey concludes with an outlook on promising and important research topics to foster further success in the development of tools that help to reveal molecular secrets. Structural properties of molecules are of primary concern in many fields. This report provides a comprehensive overview on techniques that have been developed in the fields of molecular graphics and visualization with a focus on applications in structural biology. The field heavily relies on computerized geometric and visual representations of three‐dimensional, complex, large and time‐varying molecular structures. The report presents a taxonomy that demonstrates which areas of molecular visualization have already been extensively investigated and where the field is currently heading. It discusses visualizations for molecular structures, strategies for efficient display regarding image quality and frame rate, covers different aspects of level of detail and reviews visualizations illustrating the dynamic aspects of molecular simulation data.
Bibliography:These authors contributed equally.
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ISSN:0167-7055
1467-8659
1467-8659
DOI:10.1111/cgf.13072