e-Molecular shapes and properties

Due to recent computer technology advances, shape analysis has gained importance in all domains. In drug design and proteomics, molecular surfaces (van der Waals surface, solvent accessible surface, solvent excluded surface, polar surface area, electron density surface, separating surface, etc.), buried surfaces (gap, cleft, cavity, etc.) as well as shape properties of these surfaces, can be easily computed and visualized via the Internet. Freely available resources from the Internet for academic use, are reviewed.

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