Protein under pressure: Molecular dynamics simulation of the Arc Repressor

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-144

  Trzesniak, Daniel ^a   Lins, Roberto D ^b   Van Gunsteren, Wilfred F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; GROMOS force field; High pressure; Molecular dynamics; Protein unfolding

Indexed keywords

ARC REPRESSOR PROTEIN; DIMER; GLOBAL PROTEIN; MONOMER; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; DISSOCIATION; FORCE FIELD; GROMOS FORCE FIELD; HYDROGEN BOND; HYPERBARISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PRESSURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33748267512     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21034     Document Type: Article

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