Thermal unfolding simulations of apo-calmodulin using leap-dynamics

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 648-656

  Kleinjung, Jens ^a   Fraternali, Franca ^a   Martin, Stephen R ^a   Bayley, Peter M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformational transitions; Enhanced sampling; Far UVCD; Implicit solvent; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

APOCALMODULIN; CALMODULIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LEAP DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

APOPROTEINS; CALMODULIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037339598     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10331     Document Type: Article

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