Ten-microsecond molecular dynamics simulation of a fast-folding WW domain

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Freddolino, Peter L ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Gruebele, Martin ^a,b   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMA INTERACTING PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; NIMA-INTERACTING PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LETTER; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 43849093505     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.131565     Document Type: Article

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