Improving implicit solvent simulations: A Poisson-centric view

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-143

  Baker, Nathan A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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SOLVENT;

ACCURACY; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17044392602     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.02.001     Document Type: Review

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