Importin-β: Structural and Dynamic Determinants of a Molecular Spring

Structure

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 906-915

  Zachariae, Ulrich ^a   Grubmüller, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CELLBIO

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KARYOPHERIN BETA; RAN PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; BETA KARYOPHERINS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 44649192390     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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