Quanta of local conformational change: Conformons in α-helical proteins

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Atanasov, Victor ^a   Omar, Yasser ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM; CONFORMATIONAL ENERGIES; HELICAL PROTEINS; SOLITARY WAVE PACKETS; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BONDS; SOLITONS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 77952678338     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/5/055003     Document Type: Article

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