Diffusing and colliding: The atomic level folding/unfolding pathway of a small helical protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 341, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1109-1124

  DeMarco, Mari L ^a   Alonso, Darwin O V ^a   Daggett, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

contact assisted helix formation; diffusion collision model; homeodomain; molecular dynamics; protein unfolding

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DENATURATION; DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION;

MUS;

EID: 3843135179     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.06.074     Document Type: Article

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