Direct molecular dynamics observation of protein folding transition state ensemble

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3525-3532

  Ding, Feng ^a   Dokholyan, Nikolay V ^b,c   Buldyrev, Sergey V ^a   Stanley, H Eugene ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036927818     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75352-6     Document Type: Article

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