Salt effects on peptide conformers: A dielectric study of tuftsin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3022-3029

  Yang, Liqui ^a   Valdeavella, Claudia V ^a   Blatt, Herb D ^a   Pettitt, B Montgomery ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENT; TUFTSIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0029732846     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79495-X     Document Type: Article

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