Molecular simulations of β-sheet twisting

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-293

  Wang, Lu ^a   O'Connell, Thomas ^b   Tropsha, Alexander ^b   Hermans, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic interaction; Free energy simulation; Molecular dynamics simulation; Van der Waals interaction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THEORY;

EID: 0030595335     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0513     Document Type: Article

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