Selective excitation of native fluctuations during thermal unfolding simulations: Horse heart cytochrome c as a case study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1876-1883

  Roccatano, Danilo ^a   Daidone, Isabella ^b   Ceruso, Marc Antoine ^c   Bossa, Cecilia ^b   Di Nola, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; HEART; HORSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037339403     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74995-9     Document Type: Article

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