Complex folding pathways in a simple β-hairpin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 464-474

  Wei, Guanghong ^a   Mousseau, Normand ^a   Derreumaux, Philippe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

hairpin; Protein folding; Reptation; Simulations; The Activation Relaxation Technique

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REACTION OPTIMIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 3142737884     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20127     Document Type: Article

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