Applying computational science to education the molecular workbench paradigm

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 24-27

  Tinker, Robert F ^a   Xie, Qian ^a  

^a Concord Consortium ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; EDUCATIONAL MODELS; LEARNING TOOLS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RESEARCH TOOLS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DYNAMICS;

EID: 50649097006     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2008.108     Document Type: Article

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