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Research: Theoretical Biophysics |
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· Non-Linear Dynamics and Protein Folding ·
Protein
Aggregation · Laser Effects on Biological Tissue and Material Science |
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Selected Publications
Bernard S. Gerstman and Prem P. Chapagain
“Self-Organizing Dynamics in Protein Folding”
In: Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, Vol. 84, ed.: P. Michael Conn
Elsevier Inc.,
P. P. Chagagain, Y. Liu, and B. S. Gerstman
“The trigger sequence in the leucine zipper: a-helical propensity dependence of folding and dimerization”
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 129, 175103, 1-9, 2008.
Y. Liu, P. P. Chagagain, J. L. Parra, and B. S. Gerstman
“Lattice model simulation of interchain protein interactions and the folding dynamics and dimerization of the GCN4 leucine zipper”
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 128, 045106, 1-10, 2008.
E. Faraggi and B. S. Gerstman
“Resonant Absorption of Pulsed Laser Radiation by a Spherical Absorber”
Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 123505, 1-15, 2007
P. P. Chapagain, J. L. Parra, B. S. Gerstman and Y. Liu
“Sampling of states for estimating the folding funnel entropy and energy landscape
of a model alpha-helical hairpin peptide”
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 127, 075103, 1-7, 2007.
E. Faraggi, B. S. Gerstman, and J. Sun
“The
Emergence of Chaos in a Laser Irradiated Spherical Absorber”
Chaos, 17, 013101, 2007
P. P. Chapagain and B. S. Gerstman
“Removal of
Kinetic Traps and Enhanced Protein Folding by Strategic Substitution of Amino
Acids in a Model a -helical Hairpin Peptide”
Biopolymers, 81(3), 167-178, 2006.
E. Faraggi, B.S. Gerstman, and J.M. Sun
“Biophysical Effects of Pulsed Lasers in the Retina and Other Biological Tissues With Strongly Absorbing Particles: Shockwave and Explosive Bubble Generation”
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 10(6), 064029, 2005.
B.S.
Gerstman and P. P. Chapagain
“Self-Organization in Protein Folding and the Hydrophobic Interaction”
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 123, 054901, 1-6, 2005.
P. P. Chapagain and B. S. Gerstman
“Excluded Volume Entropic Effects on Protein Unfolding Times and Intermediary Stability”
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 120(5), 2475-2481, 2004.
P. P. Chapagain and B. S. Gerstman
“Finite Size Scaling of Structural Transitions in a Simulated Protein with Secondary and Tertiary Structure”
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 119(2), 1174-1180, 2003.
J. M. Sun, B. S. Gerstman, and B. Li,
“Bubble Dynamics and Shock Waves Generated by Laser Absorption of a Photoacoustic Sphere”
Journal of Applied Physics, 88(5), 2353-2362, 2000.
J. Sun and B. Gerstman,
“Photoacoustic Generation for a Spherical Absorber
with Impedance Mismatch with the Surrounding Media”
Physical
Review E, 59(5), 5772-5789, 1999.
B. S. Gerstman and R. D. Glickman,
“Activated Rate Processes and a Specific Biochemical Mechanism for Explaining Delayed Laser Induced Thermal Damage to the Retina”
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 4(3), 345-351, 1999.
B. Gerstman and Y. Garbourg,
“Structural Information Content and Lyapunov Exponent Calculation in Protein Unfolding” Journal of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics, 36, 2761-2769, 1998.