Towards an understanding of complex biological membranes from atomistic molecular dynamics simulations

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-173

  Saiz, Leonor ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Sanjoy ^b   Klein, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomembranes; Docosahexaenoic fatty acid; Fluid lamellar phase; Gene therapy; Lipid DNA complexes; Lipid protein interactions; Membrane proteins; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ion channel; Peptide bundle; Polyunsaturated lipids; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SURFACTANT;

COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA BINDING; GENE TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036555117     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020130420869     Document Type: Short Survey

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