Role of water on unfolding kinetics of helical peptides studied by molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2445-2456

  Doruker, P ^a,b   Bahar, I ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; HYDROGEN; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; SERINE; VALINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLVATION;

EID: 0030997476     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78889-1     Document Type: Article

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