Nucleation theory for helix unfolding in peptide chains

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 4645-4651

  Fernández, Ariel ^a,b   Colubri, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

BIOPHYSICS; CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; CALORIMETRY; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033215622     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.4645     Document Type: Article

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