Molecular dynamics simulation of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone in a water-membrane model interface

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 499-509

  Pascutti, Pedro Geraldo ^b   El Jaik, Lea Jaccoud ^b   Bisch, Paulo Mascarello ^b   Mundim, Kleber Carlos ^b   Ito, Amando Siuiti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dielectric discontinuity ; Electrostatic image method; Melanotropic peptides; Molecular dynamics; Peptide lipid interaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION;

ALPHA-MSH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BODY WATER; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0032826793     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050232     Document Type: Article

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