Side-chain entropy effects on protein secondary structure formation

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 411-420

  Chellgren, Brian W ^a   Creamer, Trevor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

helices; strands; Monte Carlo simulations; Polyproline II helices; Protein folding; Unfolded states

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; POLYAMINOACID; POLYPEPTIDE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 30144445192     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20766     Document Type: Article

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