Future Medicinal ChemistryVol. 4, No. 15 Special Focus Issue: Computational Chemistry - EditorialLocal intense cellular electric fields and their relevance in the computational modeling of biochemical reactionsChérif F Matta, Lulu Huang & Lou MassaChérif F MattaDepartment of Chemistry & Physics, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3M 2J6 and Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4J3Search for more papers by this author, Lulu HuangCenter for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375–5341, USASearch for more papers by this author & Lou Massa* Author for correspondenceHunter College & the Graduate School, City University of New York, New York, NY 10065, USA. Search for more papers by this authorEmail the corresponding author at lmassa@hunter.cuny.eduPublished Online:22 Oct 2012https://doi.org/10.4155/fmc.12.143AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleKeywords: biochemical reaction kineticscomputational biochemistryelectrobiologyelectrochemotherapyquantum medicinal chemistryReferences1 Mohan M. Atoms and Molecules in Laser and External Fields. Alpha Science Ltd, Oxford, UK (2008).Google Scholar2 Arabi AA, Matta CF. Effects of external electric fields on double proton transfer kinetics in the formic acid dimer. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.13,13738–13748 (2011).Crossref, Medline, CAS, Google Scholar3 Bandrauk AD, Sedik ES, Matta CF. Effect of absolute laser phase on reaction paths in laser-induced chemical reactions. J. Chem. 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