Simulated thermal unfolding of the von Willebrand factor a domains

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-127

  Chen, Wei ^a   Lou, Jizhong ^b   Zhu, Cheng ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

A domains; Molecular dynamics; Thermal unfolding; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A1 DOMAIN PROTEIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR A2 DOMAIN PROTEIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77955661780     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-010-0117-z     Document Type: Article

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