Molecular dynamics simulations from putative transition states of α-spectrin SH3 domain

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 536-550

  Periole, Xavier ^a   Vendruscolo, Michele ^b   Mark, Alan E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Pfold; Phi value; Protein folding; Transition state

Indexed keywords

FODRIN; PROTEIN SH3;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; SPECTRIN; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS;

EID: 35448930794     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21491     Document Type: Article

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