Atomic Mean-Square Displacements in Proteins by Molecular Dynamics: A Case for Analysis of Variance

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2765-2772

  Maragliano, Luca ^a,c   Cottone, Grazia ^b   Cordone, Lorenzo ^b   Ciccotti, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 2142820913     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74330-1     Document Type: Article

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