Computational Modeling of Tubulin-Tubulin Lateral Interaction: Molecular Dynamics and Brownian Dynamics
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.2751