Formation of the Folding Nucleus of an SH3 Domain Investigated by Loosely Coupled Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1691-1701

  Settanni, G ^a   Gsponer, J ^a   Caflisch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542345514     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74238-1     Document Type: Article

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