Monte Carlo studies of folding, dynamics, and stability in α-helices

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2391-2402

  Shental Bechor, Dalit ^a   Kirca, Safak ^a   Ben Tal, Nir ^a   Haliloglu, Turkan ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 22144452478     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.050708     Document Type: Article

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