GPU Accelerated Finding of Channels and Tunnels for a Protein Molecule

International Journal of Parallel Programming

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 87-108

  Kim, Byungjoo ^a   Lee, Jung Eun ^b   Kim, Young J ^c   Kim, Ku Jin ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cavities; Channels; GPU programming; Protein molecules; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PROTEINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); TUNNELS;

CAVITIES; CHANNELS; GPU PROGRAMMING; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT(GPU); PROTEIN MOLECULES; PROXIMITY QUERIES; REAL TIME PERFORMANCE; TIME EFFICIENCIES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84953835133     PISSN: 08857458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10766-014-0331-8     Document Type: Article

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