Predicting pKa

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2013-2033

  Lee, Adam C ^a   Crippen, Gordon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEINS;

BASIC GROUPS; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; MAJOR FACTORS; ON CURRENTS; PKA VALUES; PREDICTIVE POWER; SMALL MOLECULES; STATISTICAL VALIDITY;

MOLECULES;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 70350029214     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci900209w     Document Type: Article

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