β-Hairpin Folding Mechanism of a Nine-Residue Peptide Revealed from Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Explicit Water

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1946-1958

  Wu, Xiongwu ^a   Brooks, Bernard R ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE INHIBITOR; PEPTIDE; TENDAMISTAT;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF;

GOES;

EID: 1942519803     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74258-7     Document Type: Article

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