Michel SEIGNEURET (michel at biophy.jussieu.fr) wrote:
: Dear collegues,
: While there are many well-known and flexible softwares that use molecular
: dynamics for the study of biomolecule conformation and interactions, I have
: been unable to find available programs that use Monte Carlo (and particularly)
: Metropolis) methods for the same purpose. Could somebody indicate me if such
: a program exists.
: Thanks in advance.
: Michel
: M. Seigneuret
: Universite Paris 7
: Lab. de Biophysique Cellulaire
For macromolecules, take a look at Ruben Abagyan's ICM program. Some papers:
Abagyan,Totrov,Kuznetsov (1994), J.Comp.Chem. 15, 488-506
Abagyan&Totrov, 1994, JMB, 235, 983-1002
Borchert et al.,(1994) Structure 1, 205-213
Totrov&Abagyan,(1996),JSB,116,138-143
Best wishes,
Andrew
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