Simulation of an Ensemble of Conformational Transitions in a United-Residue Model of Calmodulin

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 5127-5137

  Zuckerman, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENTROPY; ENZYMES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALMODULIN; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; PROTEIN DATA BANK (PDB); STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 2342471328     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0370730     Document Type: Article

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