Statistical convergence of equilibrium properties in simulations of molecular solutes embedded in lipid bilayers

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4175-4188

  Neale, Chris ^a,b   Bennett, W F Drew ^c   Tieleman, D Peter ^c   Pomès, Régis ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 83455177932     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct200316w     Document Type: Article

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