The role of water in protein-DNA recognition

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 343-361

  Jayaram, B ^a   Jain, Tarun ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Electrostatic screening; Hydrogen bonds; Packing densities; Protein DNA interactions; Thermodynamic view; Water mediated recognition

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DNA; HYDROGEN; PROTEIN; WATER;

BINDING AFFINITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY; EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LIQUID; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 3042596869     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.33.110502.140414     Document Type: Review

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