Polymer collapse, protein folding, and the percolation threshold

Journal of Computational Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 166-171

  Meirovitch, Hagai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapse transition; Computer simulation; Percolation threshold; Polymer chains; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 0037079582     PISSN: 01928651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcc.1163     Document Type: Article

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