Inclusion of many-body effects in the additive CHARMM protein CMAP potential results in enhanced cooperativity of α-helix and β-hairpin formation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1045-1051

  Best, Robert B ^a   Mittal, Jeetain ^b   Feig, Michael ^c   MacKerell, Alexander D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

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EID: 84865758046     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.07.042     Document Type: Article

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