A solvent model for simulations of peptides in bilayers. II. Membrane- spanning α-helices

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2460-2471

  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

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MAGAININ 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIMULATION; SOLVATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032991267     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77401-1     Document Type: Article

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