Simulation and modeling of crowding effects on the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of proteins with atomic details

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-215

  Zhou, Huan Xiang ^a   Qin, Sanbo ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Macromolecular crowding; Modeling; Postprocessing; Protein binding; Protein folding; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877043455     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-013-0101-7     Document Type: Review

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