Use of essential and molecular dynamics to study γB-crystallin unfolding after non-enzymic post-translational modifications

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 507-510

  Crabbe, M James C ^a   Cooper, Lee R ^a   Corne, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract; Crystallins; Lens; Supercomputer

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; TOPOLOGY;

CATARACT;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0345329408     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1476-9271(03)00048-3     Document Type: Note

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