Ligand-induced conformational changes in ras p21: A normal mode and energy minimization analysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-131

  Ma, Jianpeng ^a   Karplus, Martin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Conformational change; Energy minimization; Normal mode analysis; Point mutation

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIGAND; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN P21; RAS PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HYDRATION; LIGAND BINDING; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION;

EID: 0030700726     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1313     Document Type: Article

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