Chaos in protein dynamics

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 417-425

  Braxenthaler, Michael ^a,c   Unger, Ron ^b   Auerbach, Ditza ^b   Given, James A ^a   Moult, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaotic motion in complex systems; Lyapunov exponent; Molecular dynamics; Nonlinear dynamics; Protein folding pathways

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0030670359     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199712)29:4<417::AID-PROT2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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