Conformational free-energy landscapes for a peptide in saline environments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2513-2520

  Gaborek, Timothy J ^a   Chipot, Christophe ^b,c   Madura, Jeffry D ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84871278143     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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