Application of the accelerated molecular dynamics simulations to the folding of a small protein

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Yang, Lijiang ^a   Grubb, Michael Patrick ^a   Gao, Yi Qin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; REPLICA EXCHANGE SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

PEPTIDE; TRP CAGE PEPTIDE; TRP-CAGE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 34047148428     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2709639     Document Type: Article

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