Determination of ensemble-average pairwise root mean-square deviation from experimental B-factors

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 861-871

  Kuzmanic, Antonija ^a   Zagrovic, Bojan ^b  

^a Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

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EID: 77749317224     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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