Conformational dynamics of RNA-peptide binding: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 391-399

  Mu, Yuguang ^a,b   Stock, Gerhard ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOM; BINDING SITE; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSACTIVATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 33646169319     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.069559     Document Type: Article

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