Insights from coarse-grained go models for protein folding and dynamics

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 889-905

  Hills Jr , Ronald D ^a   Brooks III, Charles L ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse graining; Conformational transitions; Energy landscape; G models; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CHEY PROTEIN;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

COARSE-GRAINING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; GŌ MODELS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 63449129633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10030889     Document Type: Review

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