Multimolecule test-tube simulations of protein unfolding and aggregation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 44, 2012, Pages 17851-17856

  McCully, Michelle E ^a   Beck, David A C ^b   Daggett, Valerie ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein dynamics; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ENGRAILED HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 84868120948     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201809109     Document Type: Article

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