The simulation approach to bacterial outer membrane proteins

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-161

  Bond, Peter J ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics simulation; Lipid protein interactions; Molecular dynamics simulation; Outer membrane protein; Porin

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ENZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; SOLVENT;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942564158     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968760410001699169     Document Type: Review

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