Erratum: On the foldability of tryptophan-containing tetra- and pentapeptides: An exhaustive molecular dynamics study (J. Phys. Chem. B (2013) 117 (18) (5522-5532) DOI: 10.1021/jp401239v);On the foldability of tryptophan-containing tetra-and pentapeptides: An exhaustive molecular dynamics study

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5522-5532

  Georgoulia, Panagiota S ^a   Glykos, Nicholas M ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDES; SOLUTIONS;

ATOMIC FLUCTUATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; EMPIRICAL FORCE FIELDS; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; FORCE FIELD VALIDATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 84877715943     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405522w     Document Type: Erratum

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