A coarse-grain molecular dynamics model for sickle hemoglobin fibers

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-173

  Li, He ^a   Lykotrafitis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Buckling; Elastic properties; Frustrated fibers; Langevin thermostat; Particle model; Zippering mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FRUSTRATED FIBERS; LANGEVIN; PARTICLE MODEL; ZIPPERING MECHANISMS;

BIOMECHANICS; BUCKLING; CYTOLOGY; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; HEMOGLOBIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; THERMOSTATS;

FIBERS;

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; BENDING RIGIDITY; COARSE GRAIN MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELASTICITY; FIBER; MECHANICAL TORSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SICKLE CELL;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 78751703127     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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