Exploring the Gating Mechanism in the ClC Chloride Channel via Metadynamics

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 390-398

  Gervasio, Francesco Luigi ^a   Parrinello, Michele ^a   Ceccarelli, Matteo ^b   Klein, Michael L ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chloride translocation; ClC channel; gating; metadynamics; molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANION; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; WILD TYPE;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 33746228476     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.06.034     Document Type: Article

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