Long timescale simulations

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-164

  Daggett, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; PROTEIN A;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

EID: 0034033187     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00062-2     Document Type: Review

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