Effective energy function for proteins in solution

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-152

  Lazaridis, Themis ^a   Karplus, Martin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Binding energy; Computer simulations; Hydration thermodynamics; Implicit solvation; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; HYDRATION; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033135638     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990501)35:2<133::AID-PROT1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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