Improved coarse-grained modeling of cholesterol-containing lipid bilayers

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2137-2150

  Daily, Michael D ^a   Olsen, Brett N ^b   Schlesinger, Paul H ^c   Ory, Daniel S ^b   Baker, Nathan A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease Center   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84900555952     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct401028g     Document Type: Article

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