Folding simulations of the transmembrane Helix of virus protein U in an implicit membrane model

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2335-2346

  Ulmschneider, Jakob P ^a   Ulmschneider, Martin B ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36649008718     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct700103k     Document Type: Article

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