Molecular dynamics study of glucocorticoid receptor-DNA binding

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-133

  Bishop, Thomas C ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA bending; DNA recognition; DNA unwinding; estrogen receptor; molecular dynamics; receptor proteins

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DENATURATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WATER;

EID: 0030025260     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199601)24:1<115::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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