Yiu Chin-Pang Benny, Chen Yu Wai
33/F, Shui On Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Methods Mol Biol. 2014;1091:343-52. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-691-7_24.
With the rise of tablets, truly portable molecular graphics are now available for wide use by scientists to share structural information in real time at a reasonable cost. We have surveyed the existing software available on Apple iPads and on Android tablets in order to make a recommendation to potential users, primarily based on the product features. Among 12 apps, iMolview (available on both platforms) stands out to be our choice, with PyMOL app (iOS) a close alternative and RCSB PDB Mobile viewer/NDKmol (both platforms) offering some uniquely useful functions. Finally, we include a tutorial on how to get started using iMolview to do some simple visualization in 10 min.
随着平板电脑的兴起，真正便于携带的分子图形软件现已可供科学家广泛使用，能够以合理的成本实时共享结构信息。我们对苹果iPad和安卓平板电脑上现有的软件进行了调研，以便主要基于产品功能向潜在用户提供推荐。在12款应用程序中，iMolview（两个平台均有）脱颖而出成为我们的选择，PyMOL应用程序（iOS）是相近的替代选项，而RCSB PDB移动查看器/NDKmol（两个平台均有）提供了一些独特且有用的功能。最后，我们提供了一个教程，介绍如何在10分钟内开始使用iMolview进行一些简单的可视化操作。
