Molecular dynamics simulations of the NGF-TrkA domain 5 complex and comparison with biological data

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2282-2292

  Settanni, Giovanni ^a,c   Cattaneo, Antonino ^a   Carloni, Paolo ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENERGY; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGAND BINDING; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POINT MUTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037380951     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75034-6     Document Type: Article

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