Protein-induced membrane curvature investigated through molecular dynamics flexible fitting

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 321-329

  Hsin, Jen ^a,b   Gumbart, James ^a,b   Trabuco, Leonardo G ^b   Villa, Elizabeth ^b,d   Qian, Pu ^c   Hunter, C Neil ^c   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGHT HARVESTING 1 PROTEIN; LIGHT HARVESTING 2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN PUFX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SIMULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOPHORES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 68949083822     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.04.031     Document Type: Article

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