A Brownian dynamics study: The effect of a membrane environment on an electron transfer system

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-74

  Flöck, Dagmar ^a,b   Helms, Volkhard ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BIOENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IONIC STRENGTH; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 3042814575     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.035261     Document Type: Article

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