Folding and dimerization of the ionic peptide EAK 16-IV

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-162

  Yan, Zhiqiang ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Discrete molecular dynamics; Electrostatic interaction; Hydrogen bond; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

EAK16 1V PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIMERIZATION; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME KINETICS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 44949188455     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21903     Document Type: Article

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