Brownian dynamics simulations of the interaction of Chlamydomonas cytochrome f with plastocyanin and cytochrome c6

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 2055-2068

  Gross, Elizabeth L ^a   Pearson Jr , Douglas C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C6; CYTOCHROME F; PLASTOCYANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042822363     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74633-5     Document Type: Article

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