Measuring dynamic flexibility of the coil state of a helix-forming peptide

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 319, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-25

  Lapidus, Lisa J ^a   Eaton, William A ^a   Hofrichter, James ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine peptide; Contact rate; Molecular dynamics; Polyalanine; helix

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DISULFIDE; GLYCINE; PEPTIDE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACCURACY; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036304892     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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