Web-Based Computational Chemistry Education with CHARMMing II: Coarse-Grained Protein Folding

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Pickard IV, Frank C ^a   Miller, Benjamin T ^a   Schalk, Vinushka ^b   Lerner, Michael G ^c   Woodcock III, H Lee ^d   Brooks, Bernard R ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PORTALS; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEACHING;

BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; CHEMISTRY EDUCATION; COARSE-GRAINED; COARSE-GRAINED MODELING; GLOBULAR PROTEINS; HARVARD; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; PROTEIN FOLDINGS; SIMULATION PACKAGES; WEB BASED;

COARSE-GRAINED MODELING;

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDUCATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; INTERNET; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84905474720     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003738     Document Type: Article

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