Binding of the estrogen receptor to DNA. The role of waters

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 557-570

  Kosztin, Dorina ^a   Bishop, Thomas C ^a,c   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

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

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIMULATION;

EID: 0030805890     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78093-7     Document Type: Article

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