Coarse grained modeling of biopolymers and proteins: Methods and applications

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-136

  Li, Dechang ^a   Ji, Baohua ^a,b   Hwang, Kehchih ^a   Huang, Yonggang ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse grained modeling; DNA; molecular dynamics simulation; molecular mechanics; protein

Indexed keywords

BASIC SCIENCE; BINDING DYNAMICS; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; COARSE-GRAINED; COARSE-GRAINED MODELING; COMPUTER POWER; HIV-1 PROTEASE; LIFE-SCIENCES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TIME-SCALES;

BIOMOLECULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DNA; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEINS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 77749266872     PISSN: 17588251     EISSN: 1758826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1758825109000034     Document Type: Article

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