Insights into correlated motions and long-range interactions in CheY derived from molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2062-2079

  Knaggs, Michael H ^a   Salsbury Jr , Freddie R ^a   Edgell, Marshall Hall ^b   Fetrow, Jacquelyn S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CHEY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33947619095     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.081950     Document Type: Article

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