Modulation of the self-assembled structure of biomolecules: Coarse grained molecular dynamics simulation

MCB Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 109-119

  Ji, Baohua ^a   Huang, Yonggang ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomolecules; Coarse grained modeling; Molecular dynamics simulation; Self assembly; Structure control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BIOMOLECULES; COARSE GRAINED MODELING; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATION; STRUCTURE CONTROL;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM;

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 33846419089     PISSN: 15565297     EISSN: 15565300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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