Molecular dynamics simulation of the unfolding of barnase: Characterization of the major intermediate

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 677-694

  Li, Aijun ^a,b   Daggett, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnase; Conformational analysis; Folding intermediate; Molecular dynamics simulations; Protein unfolding

Indexed keywords

BARNASE; ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032579189     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1484     Document Type: Article

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