Engineering teams up with computer-simulation and visualization tools to probe biomolecular mechanisms

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Schlick, Tamar ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMER; SUGAR;

BIOENGINEERING; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARAMETER; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; VIBRATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038311905     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74448-8     Document Type: Note

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