Theoretical studies of nucleic acids folding

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-126

  Kara, Mahmut ^a   Zacharias, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL FORCE FIELDS; COMPUTATIONAL LIMITATIONS; CONFORMATIONAL SAMPLINGS; MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RNA; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOMOLECULES;

EID: 84893775247     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1146     Document Type: Article

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