Thermal unfolding of proteins

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 19, 2005, Pages

  Cieplak, Marek ^a   Sułkowska, Joanna I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SIMULATIONS; MECHANICAL STRETCHING; THERMAL UNFOLDING; TITIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TOPOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

CONNECTIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547709547     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2121668     Document Type: Article

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