Imaging the migration pathways for O2, CO, NO, and Xe inside myoglobin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1844-1857

  Cohen, Jordi ^a   Arkhipov, Anton ^a   Braun, Rosemary ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME DERIVATIVE; MYOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDE; SOLVENT; XENON;

ARTICLE; GAS ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; POINT MUTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748460871     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.085746     Document Type: Article

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