Interactions between neuronal fusion proteins explored by molecular dynamics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3436-3446

  Durrieu, Marie Pierre ^a   Lavery, Richard ^b   Baaden, Marc ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University Lyon i   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS, ACIDIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; R-SNARE PROTEINS; SNARE PROTEINS; WATER;

EID: 43649085217     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123117     Document Type: Article

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