PDB2PQR: An automated pipeline for the setup of Poisson-Boltzmann electrostatics calculations

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue WEB SERVER ISS., 2004, Pages

  Dolinsky, Todd J ^c   Nielsen, Jens E ^a,b   McCammon, J Andrew ^a   Baker, Nathan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOMOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DATABASES, PROTEIN; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDING; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 3242886771     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh381     Document Type: Article

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