Free energy calculations and molecular dynamics simulations of wild-type and variants of the DNA-EcoRI complex

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1801-1810

  Sen, Srikanta ^a   Nilsson, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SOLVATION;

EID: 0032881916     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77025-6     Document Type: Article

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