Molecular dynamics simulations of a helicase

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 254-262

  Cox, Katherine ^a   Watson, Tim ^a   Soultanas, Panos ^a   Hirst, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA helicase; DNA binding protein; Stochastic boundary

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; HELICASE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTANT; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA HELICASES; HEAT; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOTION; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037661309     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10400     Document Type: Article

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