The unfolded state of the villin headpiece helical subdomain: computational studies of the role of locally stabilized structure.

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Published in J Mol Biol on May 15, 2006

Authors

Lauren Wickstrom1, Asim Okur, Kun Song, Viktor Hornak, Daniel P Raleigh, Carlos L Simmerling

Author Affiliations

1: Biochemistry and Structural Biology Program, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.

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