Modeling Electron Transfer Thermodynamics in Protein Complexes: Interaction between Two Cytochromes c3

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2773-2785

  Teixeira, Vitor H ^a   Baptista, António M ^a   Soares, Cláudio M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C3; HEME; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SIMULATION; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS STR. HILDENBOROUGH; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2142644598     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74331-3     Document Type: Article

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