Communication: A simple analytical formula for the free energy of ligand-receptor-mediated interactions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Angioletti Uberti, Stefano ^a   Varilly, Patrick ^a   Mognetti, Bortolo M ^a   Tkachenko, Alexei V ^b   Frenkel, Daan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; COLLOIDAL INTERACTION; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; GAIN INSIGHT; GENERAL THEORY; LIGAND-RECEPTOR; LIMITING CASE; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION;

COMMUNICATION; LIGANDS;

FREE ENERGY;

DNA; LIGAND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; THERMODYNAMICS;

COLLOIDS; DNA; LIGANDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872735162     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4775806     Document Type: Article

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7. att is the free energy of the system of linkers, and includes the configuration where no bonds are formed.
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