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Enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics: use of the time-dependent Hartree approximation for ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1.0k
  1. Enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics: use of the time-dependent Hartree approximation for a simulation of carbon monoxide diffusion through myoglobin (1990)
    Ron Elber, Martin Karplus Journal of the American Chemical Society
  2. fw2.2 : A Quantitative Trait Locus Key to the Evolution of Tomato Fruit Size (2000)
    Anne Frary, Teresa Nesbitt et al. Science

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A method for determining reaction paths in large molecules: Application to myoglobin
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