Unraveling proteins: A molecular mechanics study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2760-2768

  Rohs, Remo ^a,b   Etchebest, Catherine ^a   Lavery, Richard ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0033064934     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77429-1     Document Type: Article

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