Molecular dynamics simulations of a β-hairpin fragment of protein G: Balance between side-chain and backbone forces

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1091-1104

  Ma, Buyong ^a,c   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonding; Hydrophobic interactions; Protein folding; Side chain interaction; hairpin; peptide

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN G;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FLUORINATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034598946     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3518     Document Type: Article

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