Dynamics of the acetylcholinesterase tetramer

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1144-1154

  Gorfe, Alemayehu A ^a   Chang, Chia En A ^a   Ivanov, Ivaylo ^a   McCammon, J Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 38949187976     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117879     Document Type: Article

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