Intrinsic dynamics of enzymes in the unbound state and relation to allosteric regulation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 633-640

  Bahar, Ivet ^a   Chennubhotla, Chakra ^a   Tobi, Dror ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ALLOSTERISM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 36549043024     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.09.011     Document Type: Review

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