Electrostatic control of the overall shape of calmodulin: Numerical calculations

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-237

  Isvoran, A ^a   Craescu, C T ^b   Alexov, E ^c  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH MEASUREMENT; PKA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CALMODULIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 33847651724     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-006-0123-1     Document Type: Article

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