Membrane/toxin interaction energetics via serial multiscale molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 966-976

  Wee, Chze Ling ^a   Ulmschneider, Martin B ^a,b   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77950154198     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct900652s     Document Type: Article

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