Molecular dynamics simulations of individual α-helices of bacteriorhodopsin in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine. II interaction energy analysis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-131

  Woolf, Thomas B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031961813     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77773-2     Document Type: Article

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