Non-native interactions play an effective role in protein folding dynamics

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2196-2209

  Faísca, Patrícia F N ^a,b   Nunes, Ana ^a,b   Travasso, Rui D M ^c   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^d  

^a Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding pathways; Kinetics; Monte Carlo simulation; Native geometry; Non native interactions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 78349295630     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.498     Document Type: Article

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