Protein hydration density: Theory, simulations and crystallography

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 218-221

  Pettitt, B Montgomery ^a   Makarov, Vladimir A ^b   Andrews, B Kim ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY; HYDRATION; MACROMOLECULE; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; THEORY;

EID: 0032054168     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80042-0     Document Type: Article

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