Sterics and solvation winnow accessible conformational space for unfolded proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 353, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 873-887

  Fitzkee, Nicholas C ^a   Rose, George D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen bonding; Protein folding; Random coil; Steric restrictions; Unfolded state

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DNA STRAND; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLVATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 26844480393     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.08.062     Document Type: Article

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