Understanding antibody-antigen associations by molecular dynamics simulations: Detection of important intra- and inter-molecular salt bridges

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-375

  Sinha, Neeti ^a,b   Li, Yili ^a   Lipschultz, Claudia A ^a   Smith Gill, Sandra J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody binding site; Antibody antigen associations; Flexibility; Hydrogen bonds; Molecular dynamics simulation; Salt bridges

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; INORGANIC SALT;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; SALTS;

EID: 34548304888     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-007-0031-8     Document Type: Article

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