Predicting the structure of apolipoprotein A-I in reconstituted high- density lipoprotein disks

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2337-2346

  Phillips, James C ^a   Wriggers, Willy ^a   Li, Zhigang ^a   Jonas, Ana ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROLINE; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030786781     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78264-X     Document Type: Article

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