A coarse-grained molecular model for glycosaminoglycans: application to chondroitin, chondroitin sulfate, and hyaluronic acid.

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Published in Biophys J on April 01, 2005

Authors

Mark Bathe1, Gregory C Rutledge, Alan J Grodzinsky, Bruce Tidor

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA.

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