Computer simulation of proton solvation and transport in aqueous and biomolecular systems

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Voth, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of of Chemistry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON; PROTON PUMP; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTON PUMPS; PROTONS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 33644989063     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0402098     Document Type: Article

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