Topological and energetic factors: What determines the structural details of the transition state ensemble and 'en-route' intermediates for protein folding? An investigation for small globular proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 937-953

  Clementi, Cecilia ^a   Nymeyer, Hugh ^a   Onuchic, José Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding intermediate; Molecular dynamics simulations; Protein folding; Transition state; value analysis

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034685604     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3693     Document Type: Article

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