MolAxis: Efficient and accurate identification of channels in macromolecules

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-86

  Yaffe, Eitan ^a   Fishelovitch, Dan ^a   Wolfson, Haim J ^a   Halperin, Dan ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine triphosphate binding cassette; Cytochome P450 3A4 CYP3A4; Large pore channels; Medial axis; Molecular dynamics; Transmembrane

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLAXIS ALGORITHM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP3A; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SOFTWARE;

EID: 50849107731     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22052     Document Type: Article

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