The energy landscape of a selective tumor-homing pentapeptide

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 8692-8700

  Zanuy, David ^a   Flores Ortega, Alejandra ^a   Casanovas, Jordi ^b   Curcó, David ^c   Nussinov, Ruth ^d,e   Alemán, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ANNEALING; DYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROTEINS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLUTIONS; TUMORS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOACTIVE CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL SEARCH; ENERGY LANDSCAPES; INTERACTION PATTERNS; PEPTIDE SEQUENCING; PHAGE DISPLAYS; POTENTIALLY POWERFUL; SIDE CHAINS; SIMULATED SYSTEMS;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 49149109610     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp711477k     Document Type: Article

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