Simulating force-induced conformational transitions in polysaccharides with the SMD replica exchange method

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Lu, Zhenyu ^a   Hu, Hao ^a   Yang, Weitao ^a   Marszalek, Piotr E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FORCE; HYSTERESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 33748446467     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.090324     Document Type: Article

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