Challenges and progresses in calculations of binding free energies-what does it take to quantify electrostatic contributions to protein-ligand interactions?

RSC Biomolecular Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 268-290

  Kato, Mitsunori ^a   Braun Sand, Sonja ^a   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77951245068     PISSN: 17577152     EISSN: 17577160     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1039/9781847557964-00268     Document Type: Article

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