Induction of peptide bond dipoles drives cooperative helix formation in the (AAQAA)3 peptide

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 991-997

  Huang, Jing ^a   Mackerell Jr , Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907368268     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.06.038     Document Type: Article

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