Dynamics of Water Molecules in the Bacteriorhodopsin Trimer in Explicit Lipid/Water Environment

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 705-717

  Kandt, Christian ^a   Schlitter, Jürgen ^a   Gerwert, Klaus ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEMBRANE; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 1142310689     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74149-1     Document Type: Article

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