Mechanical unfolding of a β-hairpin using molecular dynamics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 584-589

  Bryant, Zev ^a   Pande, Vijay S ^a,c   Rokhsar, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN G;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0034081255     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76618-5     Document Type: Article

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