Interface of the Polarizable Continuum Model of Solvation with Semi-Empirical Methods in the GAMESS Program

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Steinmann, Casper ^a   Blædel, Kristoffer L ^b   Christensen, Anders S ^b   Jensen, Jan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHIGNOLIN; CRAMBINE; PROTEIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOLVATION;

EID: 84961973272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067725     Document Type: Article

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