Kinetic studies of folding of the B-domain of staphylococcal protein A with molecular dynamics and a united-residue (UNRES) model of polypeptide chains

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 536-547

  Khalili, Mey ^a   Liwo, Adam ^a,b   Scheraga, Harold A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Protein folding kinetics; Protein folding pathways; Staphylococcal protein A; United residue force field

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 28944442465     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.10.056     Document Type: Article

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