Can molecular dynamics simulations provide high-resolution refinement of protein structure?

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 922-930

  Chen, Jianhan ^a   Brooks III, Charles L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum electrostatics; Generalized Born; Replica exchange; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 34248549547     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21345     Document Type: Article

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