The "electrostatic-switch" mechanism: Monte Carlo study of MARCKS-membrane interaction

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1745-1757

  Tzlil, Shelly ^a   Murray, Diana ^b   Ben Shaul, Avinoam ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARCKS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYRISTOYLATED ALANINE-RICH C KINASE SUBSTRATE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 50349099769     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.132522     Document Type: Article

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