Goodsell David S
Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
Structure. 2005 Mar;13(3):347-54. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2005.01.012.
Illustrations of molecular models are widely used for the study and dissemination of molecular structure and function. Several metaphors are commonly used to create these illustrations, and each captures a relevant aspect of the molecule and omits other aspects. Effective tools are available for rendering atomic structures by using several standard representations, and the research community is highly sophisticated in their use. Molecular properties, such as electrostatics, and large complex molecular and cellular systems currently pose challenges for representation.
分子模型的图示被广泛用于分子结构与功能的研究及传播。创建这些图示时通常会使用几种隐喻，每种隐喻都捕捉到了分子的一个相关方面，而忽略了其他方面。通过使用几种标准表示法来呈现原子结构的有效工具已经存在，并且研究界在使用这些工具方面非常成熟。分子特性，如静电学，以及大型复杂的分子和细胞系统目前在表示方面面临挑战。
