Rate constant and reaction coordinate of Trp-cage folding in explicit water

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4246-4257

  Juraszek, Jarek ^a   Bolhuis, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SOLVENT; TRP CAGE PEPTIDE; TRP-CAGE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 58149146888     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.136267     Document Type: Article

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