Studying the unfolding kinetics of proteins under pressure using long molecular dynamics simulation runs

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6 SPECL.ISSUE, 2007, Pages 515-522

  Chara, Osvaldo ^a,b   Grigera, José Raúl ^a,c   McCarthy, Andrés N ^a,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apomyoglobin; Mathematical modelling; Molecular dynamics; Two state model; Unfolding kinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951642190     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: 15730689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-008-9083-2     Document Type: Article

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