Kinetics of internal-loop formation in polypeptide chains: A simulation study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2281-2289

  Doucet, Dana ^a   Roitberg, Adrian ^a   Hagen, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION;

EID: 34047193364     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.092379     Document Type: Article

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