Classical molecular dynamics simulation of the photoinduced electron transfer dynamics of plastocyanin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-17

  Ungar, Lowell W ^a   Scherer, Norbert F ^a   Voth, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0031030068     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78642-9     Document Type: Article

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