Folding/unfolding kinetics on a semiflexible polymer chain

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 6323-6330

  Sakaue, T ^a   Yoshikawa, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; COPOLYMERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; MACROMOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PROTEINS;

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATION; DISORDER-ORDER TRANSITION; FOLDING KINETICS; GROWTH RATE; GYRATION RADIUS; LANGEVIN EQUATION; TOROID FORMATION; UNFOLDING KINETICS;

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EID: 0036803626     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1504431     Document Type: Article

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