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Title: Computational Modeling of Realistic Cell Membranes

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [2]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Univ. of Groningen, Groningen (Netherlands)
  2. Univ. of Calgary, AB (Canada)
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Oxford, Oxford (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Groningen (Netherlands); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1511596
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1508816; OSTI ID: 1581493
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-755168
Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2665
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; COMP-MICR-CROW-MEM
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemical Reviews
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 119; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2665
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biological and medical sciences

Citation Formats

Marrink, Siewert J., Corradi, Valentina, Souza, Paulo C. T., Ingólfsson, Helgi I., Tieleman, D. Peter, and Sansom, Mark S. P. Computational Modeling of Realistic Cell Membranes. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00460.
Marrink, Siewert J., Corradi, Valentina, Souza, Paulo C. T., Ingólfsson, Helgi I., Tieleman, D. Peter, & Sansom, Mark S. P. Computational Modeling of Realistic Cell Membranes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00460
Marrink, Siewert J., Corradi, Valentina, Souza, Paulo C. T., Ingólfsson, Helgi I., Tieleman, D. Peter, and Sansom, Mark S. P. Wed . "Computational Modeling of Realistic Cell Membranes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00460. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1511596.
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