Steered molecular dynamics simulations of force-induced protein domain unfolding

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-463

  Lu, Hui ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain classification; Fibronectin type III domain; Immunoglobulin domain; Protein folding; Steered molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBRONECTINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 0033151955     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990601)35:4<453::AID-PROT9>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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