Molecular simulation as an aid to experimentalists

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-153

  van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a   Dolenc, Jožica ^a,b   Mark, Alan E ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41949112774     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.12.007     Document Type: Review

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