Effects of confinement and crowding on the thermodynamics and kinetics of folding of a minimalist β-barrel protein

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 8106-8113

  Friedel, Miriam ^a   Sheeler, Daniel J ^a   Shea, Joan Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; HAMILTONIANS; KINETIC THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CONFINEMENT; MOLECULAR CROWDING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0037799371     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1564048     Document Type: Article

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