The ELLIPS suite of macromolecular conformation algorithms

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 347-359

  Harding, Stephen E ^a   Horton, John C ^a   Cölfen, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ellipsoids; Hydrodynamics; Macromolecular shape

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HYDRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCOMPUTERS; MYOGLOBIN; NEUROPHYSINS; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOFTWARE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0030793359     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050048     Document Type: Article

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