Study of the stability and unfolding mechanism of BBA1 by molecular dynamics simulations at different temperatures

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1292-1304

  Wang, Lu ^a   Duan, Yong ^a   Shortle, Rebecca ^b   Imperiali, Barbara ^c   Kollman, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BBA1; Energetics; Molecular dynamics simulation; Protein stability; Unfolding mechanism

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0033022072     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.6.1292     Document Type: Article

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