ISIM: A program for grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations of the ionic environment of biomolecules

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-61

  Vitalis, Andreas ^a   Baker, Nathan A ^b   McCammon, J Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics; Grand canonical Monte Carlo; Ion simulation; ISIM software

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POISSON EQUATION;

BIOMOLECULES; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO (GCMC) PROCEDURES; ION SIMULATION; ION-ION INTERACTIONS;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 11144284604     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020310001597862     Document Type: Article

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