Steered molecular dynamics and mechanical functions of proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 224-230

  Isralewitz, B ^a   Gao, M ^a   Schulten, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIGAND; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0035312645     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(00)00194-9     Document Type: Review

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