Quantitative Interpretation of FRET Experiments via Molecular Simulation: Force Field and Validation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2721-2731

  Best, Robert B ^a   Hofmann, Hagen ^b,c   Nettels, Daniel ^b   Schuler, Benjamin ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PEPTIDE; POLYPROLINE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84930662255     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.04.038     Document Type: Article

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