Pathways of ligand clearance in acetylcholinesterase by multiple copy sampling

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 705-726

  Van Belle, Daniel ^a   De Maria, Leonardo ^a,b   Iurcu, Gabriela ^a   Wodak, Shoshana J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Centro Internacional de Fisica   (Colombia)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Molecular dynamics; Protein ligand interactions

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMMONIA; LIGAND; METHANE; METHYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0034640126     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3698     Document Type: Article

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