Recent trends in conformational analysis

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-641

  Mazzanti, Andrea ^a   Casarini, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

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EID: 84862556339     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.96     Document Type: Review

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