External and internal electrostatic potentials of cholinesterase models

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 318-327

  Felder, Clifford E ^a   Botti, Simone A ^a,b   Lifson, Shneior ^a   Silman, Israel ^b   Sussman, Joel L ^a,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Dept of Neurbio Weizmann I ^*  (Israel)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Electric potential; Electrostatic motif; Electrostatics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

BUNGARUS FASCIATUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; SERPENTES; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0031251728     PISSN: 10933263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-3263(98)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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