A study of collective atomic fluctuations and cooperativity in the U1A-RNA complex based on molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 500-513

  Kormos, Bethany L ^a   Baranger, Anne M ^b   Beveridge, David L ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective atomic fluctuations; Cooperative network; Cooperativity; Cross correlation; Molecular dynamics; Protein RNA recognition; U1A

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN U1A; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SIMULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 33847178767     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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