Potentials of mean force for the interaction of blocked alanine dipeptide molecules in water and phase from MD Simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1433-1445

  Dadarlat, Voichita M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; GAS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 24144440918     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.054130     Document Type: Article

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