Free energy profile and kinetics studies of paclitaxel internalization from the outer to the inner wall of microtubules

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 698-706

  MacCari, Giorgio ^a   Mori, Mattia ^a,b   Rodríguez Salarichs, Javier ^c,d   Fang, Weishuo ^e   Díaz, José Fernando ^c   Botta, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Cuba   (Cuba)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

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EID: 84872152615     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct3006612     Document Type: Article

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