A comparison of seven fast but approximate methods to compute the free energy of deprotonation for amino acids in aqueous solution

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 215-236

  Bürgi, Roland ^a   Läng, Florian ^a   Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Free energy; Molecular dynamics; Protonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844481006     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020108027948     Document Type: Article

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