Mechanical stability of helical β-peptides and a comparison of explicit and implicit solvent models

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3123-3136

  Miller, Clark A ^a   Gellman, Samuel H ^b   Abbott, Nicholas L ^a   De Pablo, Juan J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SOLVENT; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRICITY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 55949105326     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.134833     Document Type: Article

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