Using a hydrophobic contact potential to evaluate native and near-native folds generated by molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 716-725

  Huang, Enoch S ^a   Subbiah, S ^a   Tsai, Jerry ^a   Levitt, Michael ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fold recognition; Hydrophobic interaction; Molecular dynamics simulation; Protein folding; Side chain packing

Indexed keywords

MONOMER;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0029871791     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0196     Document Type: Article

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