Brownian dynamics simulations of interaction between scorpion toxin Lq2 and potassium ion channel

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1659-1669

  Cui, Meng ^a   Shen, Jianhua ^a   Briggs, James M ^b   Luo, Xiaomin ^a   Tan, Xiaojian ^a   Jiang, Hualiang ^a   Chen, Kaixian ^a   Ji, Ruyun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATION;

RUMEX; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0035066437     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76138-3     Document Type: Article

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