Interplay among tertiary contacts, secondary structure formation and side-chain packing in the protein folding mechanism: All-atom representation study of protein L

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 933-954

  Clementi, Cecilia ^a   García, Angel E ^b   Onuchic, José N ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics simulations; Protein folding; Transition state; value analysis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN G; PROTEIN L; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0037459022     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01379-7     Document Type: Article

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