Predicting the complex structure and functional motions of the outer membrane transporter and signal transducer FecA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2482-2491

  Sen, Taner Z ^a,e   Kloster, Margaret ^a,f   Jernigan, Robert L ^a   Kolinski, Andrzej ^b   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^c,d   Kloczkowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FECA PROTEIN, E COLI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 41649109650     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116046     Document Type: Article

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