Predicting the thermodynamics and kinetics of helix formation in a cyclic peptide model

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5148-5157

  Damas, João M ^a   Filipe, Luís C S ^a   Campos, Sara R R ^a   Lousa, Diana ^a   Victor, Bruno L ^a,b   Baptista, António M ^a   Soares, Cláudio M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b BIOCANT   (Portugal)

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EID: 84887835236     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct400529k     Document Type: Article

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