Molecular dynamics investigation of membrane-bound bundles of the channel-forming transmembrane domain of viral protein U from the human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1259-1267

  Lopez, Carlos F ^b   Montal, Mauricio ^a   Kent Blasie, J ^b   Klein, Michael L ^b,c   Moore, Preston B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCTANE; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN U; WATER; 1 PALMITOYL 2 OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; 1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; CARBON; VPU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TIME;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

CARBON; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; GENE PRODUCTS, VPU; HIV-1; LIPID BILAYERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OCTANES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0036708437     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)73898-8     Document Type: Article

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