Helmholtz free energy of peptide hydrogen bonds in proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 644-648

  Sippl, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Liquid structure; Potential of mean force; Protein folding; Protein structure; Radial distribution function

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0030564892     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0427     Document Type: Editorial

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