Influence of the environment in the conformation of α-helices studied by protein database search and molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3207-3213

  Olivella, Mireia ^a   Deupi, Xavier ^a   Govaerts, Cedric ^b   Pardo, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036104783     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75663-4     Document Type: Article

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