The catalytic machinery of rhomboid proteases: Combined MD and QM simulations

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4663-4671

  Uritsky, Neta ^a   Shokhen, Michael ^a   Albeck, Amnon ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84869036564     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct3003767     Document Type: Article

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