Importance of explicit salt ions for protein stability in molecular dynamics simulation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2906-2911

  Ibragimova, Gulshat T ^a   Wade, Rebecca C ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YES ASSOCIATED KINASE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0031834850     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77997-4     Document Type: Article

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