Experiments Suggest that Simulations May Overestimate Electrostatic Contributions to the Mechanical Stability of a Fibronectin Type III Domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 371, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 851-854

  Ng, Sean P ^a   Clarke, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFM; extracellular matrix; forced unfolding; MD simulations; titin

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TENASCIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34547116898     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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