Conformation and dynamic properties of a saturated hydrocarbon chain confined in a model membrane: A Brownian dynamics simulation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1463, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-141

  Fernandes, M X ^a   Huertas, M L ^b   Castanho, M A R B ^a,c   Garcia De La Torre J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics simulation; Hydrocarbon chain; Mean field potential; Model membrane

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATION; DYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

HYDROCARBONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

MUS;

EID: 0033985284     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(99)00188-1     Document Type: Article

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