Simulations of the molecular dynamics of nucleic acids

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-236

  Auffinger, Pascal ^a   Westhof, Eric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032054952     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80044-4     Document Type: Article

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