Molecular and quantum mechanical studies on the monomer recognition of a highly-regular β-helical antifreeze protein

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-40

  Yang, Zuoyin ^a,b   Jia, Zongchao ^c   Liu, Ruozhuang ^a   Chen, Guangju ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifreeze protein; Dynamics simulation; Molecular mechanics; Quantum chemistry; Recognition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; QUANTUM THEORY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

DYNAMICS SIMULATION; HIGHLY REGULAR ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TENEBRIO MOLITAR;

PROTEINS;

EID: 2342635926     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yb0025     Document Type: Article

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