Fractals for hybrid orbitals in protein models

Complexity International

Volumn 8, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Torrens, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAYS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HYBRID ORBITALS; MOLECULAR CHAINS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 4143090666     PISSN: 13200682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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