Folding Trp-cage to NMR resolution native structure using a coarse-grained protein model

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Ding, Feng ^a   Buldyrev, Sergey V ^b   Dokholyan, Nikolay V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXENDIN 4;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRP CAGE MODEL;

EID: 11244291006     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.046375     Document Type: Article

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