Molecular dynamics of individual α-helices of bacteriorhodopsin in dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine. I. Structure and dynamics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2376-2392

  Woolf, Thomas B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030731888     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78267-5     Document Type: Article

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