Backbone dynamics, fast folding, and secondary structure formation in helical proteins and peptides

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-294

  Hardin, Corey ^a   Luthey Schulten, Zaida ^a   Wolynes, Peter G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Energy landscape; G model; Kinetics; Molecular dynamics; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033557350     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990215)34:3<281::AID-PROT2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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