Mechanical Signaling on the Single Protein Level Studied Using Steered Molecular Dynamics

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-152

  Genchev, Georgi Z ^a   Källberg, Morten ^a   Gürsoy, Gamze ^a   Mittal, Anuradha ^a   Dubey, Lalit ^a   Perisic, Ognjen ^a   Feng, Gang ^a   Langlois, Robert ^a   Lu, Hui ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Force signaling; Mechanical proteins; Signal transduction; Solvent effect; Steered molecular dynamics SMD; Titin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 73349117815     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-009-9064-5     Document Type: Review

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