Protein mechanics: A route from structure to function

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 891-898

  Lavery, Richard ^a   Sacquin Mora, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Active site; Brownian dynamics; Deformation; Molecular mechanics; Proteins

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SIMULATION;

ATOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME MECHANISM; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 34548810946     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0089-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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