Structure and dynamics of the pore-lining helix of the nicotinic receptor: MD simulations in water, lipid bilayers, and transbilayer bundles

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-55

  Law, Richard J ^a   Forrest, Lucy R ^a   Ranatunga, Kishani M ^a   La Rocca, Paolo ^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

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPID; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; LEUCINE; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0033996292     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000401)39:1<47::AID-PROT5>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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