Discrete molecular dynamics: Foundations and biomolecular applications

Computational Approaches to Protein Dynamics: From Quantum to Coarse-Grained Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 339-361

  Sfriso, Pedro ^a   Emperador, Agustí ^a   Gelpí, Josep Lluis ^b   Orozco, Modesto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS; X RAY SCATTERING;

BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULE; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; GLOBULAR PROTEINS; HIGH-RESOLUTION STRUCTURES; LOW RESOLUTION; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; SINGLE PARTICLE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 85008254258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b17979     Document Type: Chapter

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