Photoinduced conformational dynamics of a photoswitchable peptide: A nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1224-1234

  Nguyen, Phuong H ^a   Gorbunov, Roman D ^a   Stock, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; INFRARED RADIATION; ISOMER; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 33746806939     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.084996     Document Type: Article

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