Computational study of the conformational domains of peptide T

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Filizola, Marta ^a,b   Centeno, Nuria B ^b   Perez, Juan J ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMBER force field; Bioactive peptide; Conformation; Molecular mechanics; Peptide T

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; PEPTIDE T;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE T; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031087183     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1387(199703)3:2<85::aid-psc84>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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