Rendering molecular sketches for publication quality output

Molecular Informatics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-301

  Clark, Alex M ^a  

^a Molecular Materials Informatics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combinatorial chemistry; Computational chemistry; Medicinal chemistry; Molecular modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOCHIPS; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; DISPLAY DEVICES; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

ATOM POSITIONS; CHEMINFORMATICS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COMPLEX TASK; DISPLAY SYSTEM; FILE FORMATS; INPUT DATAS; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; RENDERING ENGINE; STRUCTURE DIAGRAMS;

ATOMS;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL LABELING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875337584     PISSN: 18681743     EISSN: 18681751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/minf.201200171     Document Type: Article

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