Molecular dynamics simulations of proteins in lipid bilayers

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-431

  Gumbart, James ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Aksimentiev, Alekseij ^a   Tajkhorshid, Emad ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GRAMICIDIN A; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TOXIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BIOENERGY; CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; VISION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 23044476985     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.07.007     Document Type: Review

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