Comparing a simple theoretical model for protein folding with all-atom molecular dynamics simulations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 17880-17885

  Henry, Eric R ^a   Best, Robert B ^a   Eaton, William A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FUNNELED ENERGY LANDSCAPE; ISING-LIKE MODEL; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STOCHASTIC KINETICS;

KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 84887079106     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317105110     Document Type: Article

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