Computational simulations of stem-cell factor/c-Kit receptor interaction

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-54

  Menziani, M C ^a   Fanelli, F ^a   De Benedetti, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cell surface receptors; cytokines; hematopoietic factors; homology modeling; molecular dynamics; structure prediction

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ONCOGENE C KIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RATS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0029798711     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199609)26:1<42::AID-PROT4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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