Force field effects on a β-sheet protein domain structure in thermal unfolding simulations

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-148

  Wang, Ting ^a   Wade, Rebecca C ^a  

^a EML Research   (Germany)

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EID: 33846314325     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct0501607     Document Type: Article

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