Solution effects and the order of the helix-coil transition in polyalanine

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2374-2380

  Peng, Yong ^a   Hansmann, Ulrich H E ^a   Alves, Nelson A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

HELIX-COIL TRANSITION; MULTICANONICAL SIMULATIONS; POLYALANINE; SOLUTION EFFECTS;

POLYOLEFINS;

EID: 0037326187     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1532348     Document Type: Article

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