Equilibrium structure and folding of a helix-forming peptide: Circular dichroism measurements and replica-exchange molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3786-3798

  Jas, Gouri S ^a   Kuczera, Krzysztof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLALANYLALANYLHISTIDYLTRIS(ALANYLALANYLALANYLARGINYLALA NYL)ALANINAMIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; LOW TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 10044247242     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.045419     Document Type: Article

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