Influence of solvation on helix formation of poly-alanine studied by multiple annealing simulations

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-43

  Klein, Christian Th ^a   Mayer, Bernd ^a   Köhler, Gottfried ^a   Wolschann, Peter ^a  

^a Inst Theor Chem Strahlenchemie   (Austria)

Author keywords

Continuum solvation model; Helix stability; Monte carlo dynamics; Peptide conformation; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007397506     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1280(96)04745-8     Document Type: Article

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