Computational analysis of two similar neuropeptides yields distinct conformational ensembles

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 367-377

  Carlacci, Louis ^a   Edison, Arthur S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration entropy; Conformational search; Conformer; Peptide; Solvation free energy; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FMRFAMIDE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034663579     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0134(20000815)40:3<367::AID-PROT30>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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