Dynamics and stability of E-cadherin dimers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3964-3971

  Cailliez, Fabien ^a   Lavery, Richard ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MONOMER; UVOMORULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33845366512     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.087213     Document Type: Article

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