Building synthetic sterols computationally - Unlocking the secrets of evolution?

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Róg, Tomasz ^a   Pöyry, Sanja ^a   Vattulainen, Ilpo ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Computer simulation; Molecular dynamics simulation; Synthetic sterol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979858968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00121     Document Type: Article

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