Combined quantum and molecular mechanics calculations on metalloproteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 136-142

  Ryde, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEIN;

CALCULATION; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0037304303     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00016-9     Document Type: Review

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