A Highly Strained Nuclear Conformation of the Exportin Cse1p Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Structure

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1469-1478

  Zachariae, Ulrich ^a   Grubmüller, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

CELL NUCLEUS; ELECTROSTATICS; KARYOPHERINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 33748305808     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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