Protein-protein interaction investigated by steered molecular dynamics: The TCR-pMHC complex

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3575-3590

  Cuendet, Michel A ^a   Michielin, Olivier ^a,b,c  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; LEUCYL LEUCYL PHENYLALANYL GLYCYL TYROSYL PROLYL VALYL TYROSYL VALINE; LEUCYL-LEUCYL-PHENYLALANYL-GLYCYL-TYROSYL-PROLYL-VALYL-TYROSYL-VALINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 56049117665     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.131383     Document Type: Article

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