A simplified model of local structure in aqueous proline amino acid revealed by first-principles molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5014-5020

  Troitzsch, Raphael Z ^a   Tulip, Paul R ^a   Crain, Jason ^a,b   Martyna, Glenn J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLIABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLIABILITY; PROLINE; QUANTUM THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

EID: 58149359857     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.134916     Document Type: Article

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