Characterization of folding mechanisms of trp-cage and WW-domain by network analysis of simulations with a hybrid-resolution model

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 13367-13377

  Han, Wei ^a,b   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY;

ANALYSIS OF SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; EXPECTED COMPLEXITY; FOLDING AND UNFOLDING; FOLDING INTERMEDIATES; FREE ENERGY SURFACE; HYDROPHOBIC COLLAPSE; RATE-LIMITING STEPS;

PROTEINS;

CYTOPLASMIC DYNEIN; DYNLL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PEPTIDE; SOLVENT; TRP CAGE PEPTIDE; TRP-CAGE PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASMIC DYNEINS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84886686981     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404331d     Document Type: Article

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