Comparison of database potentials and molecular mechanics force fields

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-199

  Moult, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENERGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030914617     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80025-5     Document Type: Article

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