Thermal folding and mechanical unfolding pathways of protein secondary structures

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 104-113

  Cieplak, Marek ^a,b   Hoang, Trinh Xuan ^c   Robbins, Mark O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

helix; hairpin; Atomic force microscopy; Go model; Mechanical stretching of proteins; Molecular dynamics; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEVICE; FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036783392     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10188     Document Type: Article

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