How accurate are transition states from simulations of enzymatic reactions?

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1863-1871

  Doron, Dvir ^a   Kohen, Amnon ^b   Nam, Kwangho ^c   Major, Dan Thomas ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84900529112     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct5000742     Document Type: Article

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