Volarea - a bioinformatics tool to calculate the surface area and the volume of molecular systems

João V Ribeiro1, Juan A C Tamames, Nuno M F S A Cerqueira

  • 1REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.

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