Induction of the tetracycline repressor: Characterization by molecular-dynamics simulations

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 857-866

  Haberl, Florian ^a   Lanig, Harald ^a   Clark, Timothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Signal transduction; Tetracycline repressor

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 70449825814     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22505     Document Type: Article

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