Folding thermodynamics of peptides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1560-1569

  Irbäck, Anders ^a   Mohanty, Sandipan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[16-22]; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; HEAT; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 21244495332     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.050427     Document Type: Article

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