Enhanced and effective conformational sampling of protein molecular systems for their free energy landscapes

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-44

  Higo, Junichi ^a   Ikebe, Jinzen ^a   Kamiya, Narutoshi ^a   Nakamura, Haruki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canonical ensemble; Enhanced sampling; Free energy landscape; Generalized ensemble; Molecular dynamics; Multicanonical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867442920     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-011-0063-6     Document Type: Review

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