Fractal protein structure revisited: Topological, kinetic and thermodynamic relationships

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 388, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4600-4608

  Tejera, E ^a   Machado, A ^a   Rebelo, I ^a   Nieto Villar, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Contact map; Folding rate; Fractal dimension; Protein length; Spectral dimension; Thermodynamic

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; KINETICS; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONTACT MAPS; FOLDING RATES; KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROTEIN LENGTH; SPECTRAL DIMENSIONS; THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS; THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 68649109782     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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