Correlated motions and interactions at the onset of the DNA-induced partial unfolding of ETS-1

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1307-1317

  Kamberaj, Hiqmet ^a   Van Der Vaart, Arjan ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; DNA; ETS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIPOLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOTION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-1;

EID: 62649113018     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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