Computer simulations of the OmpF porin from the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2094-2102

  Watanabe, Masakatsu ^a   Rosenbusch, J ^b   Schirmer, T ^b   Karplus, Martin ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030895157     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78852-0     Document Type: Article

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