Efficient molecular surface generation using level-set methods

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 442-454

  Can, Tolga ^a   Chen, Chao I ^b   Wang, Yuan Fang ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity; Level sets; Molecular surface; Surface generation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS;

LEVEL SETS; MOLECULAR SURFACES; SURFACE GENERATION;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33750517742     PISSN: 10933263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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