Optimization of protein models

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-493

  Gront, Dominik ^a   Kmiecik, Sebastian ^a   Blaszczyk, Maciej ^a   Ekonomiuk, Dariusz ^a   Koliński, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 84859895536     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1090     Document Type: Article

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