Soybean hydrophobic protein response to external electric field: A molecular modeling approach

Biomolecules

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 168-179

  Singh, Ashutosh ^a   Orsat, Valérie ^a   Raghavan, Vijaya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Molecular dynamic modeling; Soybean hydrophobic protein

Indexed keywords

SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85016347005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2218273X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biom3010168     Document Type: Article

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