Protein Structure and Folding in the Gas Phase: Ubiquitin and Cytochrome c

Principles of Mass Spectrometry Applied to Biomolecules

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 177-212

  Breuker, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics calculation and gaseous protein structures; Protein folding structure and energetics; Stable gas phase structures

Indexed keywords

GASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

FOLDING STRUCTURES; GAS-PHASE STRUCTURES; GASPHASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; UBIQUITIN;

PROTEINS;

EID: 48349088027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/047005042X.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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