Insights into Unfolded Proteins from the Intrinsic φ/ψ Propensities of the AAXAA Host-Guest Series

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 348-361

  Towse, Clare Louise ^a   Vymetal, Jiri ^b   Vondrasek, Jiri ^b   Daggett, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

ALANINE; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

EID: 84955447535     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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