Evaluating molecular mechanical potentials for helical peptides and proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Thompson, Erik J ^a   Depaul, Allison J ^a   Patel, Sarav S ^a   Sorin, Eric J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; APOLIPOPHORIN III; ARGININE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOLIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; INSECT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77956302920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010056     Document Type: Article

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