IDSS: deformation invariant signatures for molecular shape comparison

Yu-Shen Liu, Yi Fang, Karthik Ramani
2009 BMC Bioinformatics  
Many molecules of interest are flexible and undergo significant shape deformation as part of their function, but most existing methods of molecular shape comparison (MSC) treat them as rigid bodies, which may lead to incorrect measure of the shape similarity of flexible molecules.
doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-157 pmid:19463181 pmcid:PMC2694795 fatcat:u4x45t3r75ha3gd3xsxpene3xe