Bridging the gap: Linking molecular simulations and systemic descriptions of cellular compartments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Geyer, Tihamér ^a   Mol, Xavier ^a   Blaß, Sarah ^a   Helms, Volkhard ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 78649527924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014070     Document Type: Article

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