Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Study Protein Folding and Unfolding

Protein Folding Handbook

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1143-1169

  Caflisch, Amedeo ^a   Paci, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Improvements; Protocols; Simulations; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449236890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527619498.ch32     Document Type: Chapter

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