A molecular-mechanical model of the microtubule

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3167-3179

  Molodtsov, Maxim I ^a,b   Ermakova, Elena A ^c   Shnol, Emmanuil E ^d   Grishchuk, Ekaterina L ^a,e   McIntosh, J Richard ^a   Ataullakhanov, Fazly I ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HEMATOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL BOND; ENERGY; FORCE; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICS; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 17844379231     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.051789     Document Type: Article

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