Kinetics of cytochrome C folding: Atomically detailed simulations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-257

  Cárdenas, Alfredo E ^a   Elber, Ron ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Information Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Molecular dynamics; Protein folding; Stochastic difference equation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; IRON; KINETICS; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS; THREONINE;

EID: 0344407048     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10349     Document Type: Article

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