Correction: Assessment of ab initio models of protein complexes by molecular dynamics.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226145 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
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Correction: Assessment of ab initio models of protein complexes by molecular dynamics.
PLoS computational biology 20181109 11
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006182.]. ...[more]
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