Using quantum mechanical approaches to study biological systems

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2804-2811

  Merz, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PROTEIN; WATER;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DRUG DESIGN; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY; WATER;

EID: 84949115336     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar5001023     Document Type: Article

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