Frontiers in free-energy calculations of biological systems

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-89

  Chipot, Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BRUTE FORCE; CELL MACHINERY; COMPLEX PROCESSES; FREE-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; GEOMETRICAL TRANSFORMATION; INDISPENSABLE TOOLS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 84890794190     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1157     Document Type: Review

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