Native topology or specific interactions: What is more important for protein folding?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 306, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 837-850

  Ferrara, Philippe ^a   Caflisch, Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Free energy surface; Implicit solvation model; Molecular dynamics simulation; Structured peptide folding; Three stranded antiparallel sheet

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMULATION; SOLVATION;

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EID: 0035793713     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4400     Document Type: Article

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