High-temperature unfolding of a Trp-cage mini-protein: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Seshasayee, Aswin Sai Narain ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; TRP CAGE PEPTIDE; TRP-CAGE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARAMETER; PROTEIN FOLDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18044380883     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-7     Document Type: Article

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