α - HHelix C-terminus acting as a relay to mediate long-range hole migration in proteins

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1637-1641

  Chen, Xiaohua ^a   Zhang, Laibin ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Sun, Wenming ^a   Zhang, Zhenwei ^a   Liu, Haiying ^a   Bu, Yuxiang ^a   Cukier, Robert I ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; C-TERMINUS; CHARGE MIGRATION; CHARGE-TRANSFER RATE; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HELIX LENGTH; HOLE MIGRATION; HOMO ENERGIES; VERTICAL IONIZATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

IONIZATION POTENTIAL;

EID: 77952705218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100210t     Document Type: Article

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