Protein model exhibiting three folding transitions

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 60-70

  Bakk, Audun ^a   Hansen, Alex ^a   Sneppen, Kim ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYPEPTIDES; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0035281275     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00611-7     Document Type: Article

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