PoreWalker: A novel tool for the identification and characterization of channels in transmembrane proteins from their three-dimensional structure

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Pellegrini Calace, Marialuisa ^a   Maiwald, Tim ^a,b   Thornton, Janet M ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; PROTEINS;

3D COORDINATES; CHANNEL PROTEINS; CROSS-MEMBRANES; ELECTROCHEMICAL GRADIENTS; FULLY AUTOMATED; HOMOEOSTASIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TRANS-MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TRANSMEMBRANE CHANNELS; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

AQUAPORIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOM; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; POREWALKER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ALGORITHMS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 68249097450     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000440     Document Type: Article

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