Computational studies of protein regulation by post-translational phosphorylation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-163

  Narayanan, Arjun ^a   Jacobson, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL FUNCTION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEINS;

EID: 64549122329     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.02.007     Document Type: Review

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