A free-energy-based stochastic simulation of the Tar receptor complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1059-1074

  Morton Firth, Carl Jason ^a   Shimizu, Thomas Simon ^a   Bray, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial chemotaxis; Conformational change; Free energy; Individual based modelling; Signalling complex

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DEMETHYLATION; FLAGELLUM; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033525474     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2535     Document Type: Article

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