Use of MM-PB/SA in estimating the free energies of proteins: Application to native, intermediates, and unfolded villin headpiece

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 309-316

  Lee, Matthew R ^a   Duan, Yong ^a   Kollman, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding time; Free energy; Proteins; Unfolded degeneracy; Villin

Indexed keywords

VILLIN;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

MUS;

EID: 0034212858     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000601)39:4<309::AID-PROT40>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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