The dynamical contact order: Protein folding rate parameters based on quantum conformational transitions

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-392

  Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Luo, LiaoFu ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

dynamical contact order (DCO); moment of inertia; protein folding rate

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955390800     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4158-x     Document Type: Article

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