Helix bending in alamethicin: Molecular dynamics simulations and amide hydrogen exchange in methanol

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2490-2495

  Gibbs, Nick ^a   Sessions, Richard B ^a   Williams, Philip B ^a,b   Dempsey, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; AMIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; ION CHANNEL; MELITTIN; METHANOL; PEPTIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030916534     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78893-3     Document Type: Article

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