Defining the transmembrane helix of M2 protein from influenza A by molecular dynamics simulations in a lipid bilayer

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1886-1896

  Forrest, Lucy R ^a   Tieleman, D Peter ^b   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0032992048     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77347-9     Document Type: Article

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