Coarse-grained models for proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-150

  Tozzini, Valentina ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

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HYDROGEN; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER; HYDROGEN BOND; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17044393884     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.02.005     Document Type: Review

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