Molecular simulations of protein dynamics: New windows on mechanisms in biology

EMBO Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Dodson, Guy G ^a,b   Lane, David P ^c   Verma, Chandra S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SYNTAXIN;

CATALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THEORY VALIDATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS;

EID: 38949151546     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401160     Document Type: Review

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