A critical analysis of continuum electrostatics: The screened Coulomb potential-implicit solvent model and the study of the alanine dipeptide and discrimination of misfolded structures of proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-61

  Hassan, Sergio A ^a   Mehler, Ernest L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine dipeptide; Continuum electrostatics; Decoys; Discrimination of misfolded structures; Electrostatic effects in proteins; Implicit solvent model; Protein folding; Solvation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DIPEPTIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SCREENED COULOMB POTENTIAL IMPLICIT SOLVENT MODEL; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; DIPEPTIDES; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 0036533445     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10059     Document Type: Article

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