Molecular modelling of membrane sterols with the use of the GROMOS 96 force field

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 21-31

  Baran, Mariusz ^a,b   Mazerski, Jan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cholesterol crystal; Computer simulation; GROMOS; Membrane sterols; Molecular dynamics; X ray data refinement

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; HEMIETHANOLATE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; STEROL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTAL; FORCE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPOPHILICITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MOTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ERGOSTEROL; ETHANOL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOTION; STEROLS;

EID: 0036890007     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(02)00106-8     Document Type: Article

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