Membrane simulations: Bigger and better?

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 174-181

  Forrest, Lucy R ^a   Sansom, Mark Sp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034112811     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00066-X     Document Type: Review

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