Ligand binding by antibody IgE Lb4: Assessment of binding site preferences using microcalorimetry, docking, and free energy simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2966-2977

  Sotriffer, Christoph A ^a   Flader, Wolfgang ^a   Cooper, Alan ^b   Rode, Bernd M ^a   Linthicum, D Scott ^c   Liedl, Klaus R ^a   Varga, Janos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; ENERGY; LIGAND BINDING; MICROCALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033032013     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77451-5     Document Type: Article

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