Energetics of the protein-DNA-water interaction

BMC Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Spyrakis, Francesca ^a   Cozzini, Pietro ^a,d   Bertoli, Chiara ^a   Marabotti, Anna ^b,c   Kellogg, Glen E ^d   Mozzarelli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; DNA BASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; OCTANOL; PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 33846894984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-7-4     Document Type: Article

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