Atomistic simulations of nucleosomes

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-392

  Biswas, Mithun ^a   Langowski, Jörg ^b   Bishop, Thomas C ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC COMPOSITIONS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BIOMOLECULAR COMPLEXES; EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SOLVENT INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

ATOMS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84879105836     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1139     Document Type: Article

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