Visualizing Functional Motions of Membrane Transporters with Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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Visualizing Functional Motions of Membrane Transporters with Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Computational modeling and molecular simulation techniques have become an integral part of modern molecular research. Various areas of molecular sciences continue to benefit from, indeed rely on, the unparalleled spatial and temporal resolutions offered by these technologies, to provide a more complete picture of the molecular problems at hand. Because of the continuous development of more effi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biochemistry
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0006-2960,1520-4995
DOI: 10.1021/bi301086x