Accelerating convergence in molecular dynamics simulations of solutes in lipid membranes by conducting a random walk along the bilayer normal

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3686-3703

  Neale, Chris ^a,b   Madill, Chris ^a,b,c   Rauscher, Sarah ^a,b,d   Pomès, Régis ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Arches Computing Systems   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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EID: 84882300844     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct301005b     Document Type: Article

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