A solvent model for simulations of peptides in bilayers. I. Membrane- promoting α-helix formation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2448-2459

  Efremov, Roman G ^a   Nolde, Dmitry E ^a   Vergoten, Gérard ^b   Arseniev, Alexander S ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCTANOL; PEPTIDE; SOLVENT; VALINE; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAS DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIMULATION; SOLVATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032991265     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77400-X     Document Type: Article

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