Finite element analysis of the time-dependent Smoluchowski equation for acetylcholinesterase reaction rate calculations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3397-3406

  Cheng, Yuhui ^a   Suen, Jason K ^a   Zhang, Deqiang ^b   Bond, Stephen D ^c   Zhang, Yongjie ^d   Song, Yuhua ^e   Baker, Nathan A ^e   Bajaj, Chandrajit L ^d,f   Holst, Michael J ^a   McCammon, J Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACCELRYS INC   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; MONOMER; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION; ENZYME KINETICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STEADY STATE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 34247897215     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.102533     Document Type: Article

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