Atomistic description of the folding of a dimeric protein

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 12935-12942

  Piana, Stefano ^a   Lindorff Larsen, Kresten ^a,c   Shaw, David E ^a,b  

^a D E SHAW RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS;

CONFORMATIONAL SELECTION; EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; FOLDING AND UNFOLDING; FREE ENERGY SURFACE; INDIVIDUAL PROTEINS; MULTIDOMAIN PROTEINS; NATIVE STRUCTURES; SEQUENTIAL ADDITION;

PROTEINS;

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIMERIZATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84886701765     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4020993     Document Type: Article

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