Molecular dynamics simulation of intrinsically disordered proteins

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-143

  Battisti, Anna ^a   Tenenbaum, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

intrinsically disordered proteins; molecular dynamics; tau protein

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; AVERAGE VALUES; DISORDERED PROTEINS; DYNAMICAL SIMULATION; GYRATION RADII; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PRIMARY SEQUENCES; PROTEIN DATA BANK; SOLVENT MOLECULES; TAU PROTEINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEINS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84856279313     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2011.608671     Document Type: Article

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