Exploring peptide energy landscapes: A test of force fields and implicit solvent models

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 665-677

  Steinbach, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY; FORCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLVENTS;

EID: 10344264957     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20247     Document Type: Article

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