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Biomolecular energy calculations using transputer technology

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We report an application of current parallel processing transputer technology which has readily achieved a 25-fold reduction in computational time of peptide-solvent interactions.

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  1. Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX, London, UK

    J. M. Goodfellow

  2. Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire, CNRS, Orleans, France

    F. Vovelle

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Goodfellow, J.M., Vovelle, F. Biomolecular energy calculations using transputer technology. Eur Biophys J 17, 167–172 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254771

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