Tet Repressor Induction by Tetracycline: A Molecular Dynamics, Continuum Electrostatics, and Crystallographic Study

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 898-912

  Aleksandrov, Alexey ^a   Schuldt, Linda ^b   Hinrichs, Winfried ^b   Simonson, Thomas ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

allostery; binding free energy; computer simulation; gene regulation; protein

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 41949133232     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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