Molecular dynamics simulations of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-α structures in water

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 396-407

  Watts, Charles R ^a   Lovas, Sándor ^a   Murphy, Richard F ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMBER; Conformation; Domain movement; Epidermal growth factor; Receptor binding; Transforming growth factor alpha; Weakly polar interaction

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA UROGASTRONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIMULATION; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; WATER;

MURINAE;

EID: 0032533398     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19981115)33:3<396::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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