Conformation of the Ras-binding domain of raf studied by molecular dynamics and free energy simulations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-200

  Zeng, Jun ^a   Treutlein, Herbert R ^b   Simonson, Thomas ^a,c  

^a Lab de Biol Structurale   (France)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Molecular recognition; Protein; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EFFECTOR CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0032080535     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980501)31:2<186::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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