Electrostatic Interactions

Structural Bioinformatics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 427-440

  Baker, Nathan A ^a   Mccammon, J Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartesian measures; Electrostatic interactions; Poisson Boltzman solver technology

Indexed keywords

COULOMB INTERACTIONS;

CARTESIANS; POISSON-BOLTZMAN;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 85050271404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0471721204.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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