Molecular Mechanics of Disulfide Bonded Alpha-Helical Protein Filaments

BioNanoScience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Chou, Chia Ching ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha helix protein; Disulfide bond; Failure; Molecular mechanics; Robustness; Strength

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; COVALENT BONDS; MECHANICS; MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEINS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALPHA HELIX; ALPHA-HELICAL PROTEINS; CHEMICAL MICROENVIRONMENT; CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; DEFORMATION AND FAILURE MECHANISM; DISULFIDE BONDS; STRENGTH; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

KERATIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION;

EID: 84873492317     PISSN: 21911630     EISSN: 21911649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12668-012-0065-2     Document Type: Article

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