Ab initio folding simulation of the Trp-cage mini-protein approaches NMR resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 711-717

  Chowdhury, Shibasish ^a   Lee, Mathew C ^a   Xiong, Guoming ^a   Duan, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab initio protein folding; AMBER; Molecular dynamics; Protein design; Trp cage

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN TC5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0037470691     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00177-3     Document Type: Article

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