Polymer Models of Protein Stability, Folding, and Interactions

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2141-2154

  Zhou, Huan Xiang ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

FLEXIBLE LINKERS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEINS;

POLYMER;

BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; GAUSSIAN CHAIN MODEL; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORMLIKE CHAIN MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 1442300995     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi036269n     Document Type: Review

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