Computational Modeling of Phosphotransfer Complexes in Two-Component Signaling

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 471, Issue , 2010, Pages 43-58

  Schug, Alexander ^a   Weigt, Martin ^b   Hoch, James A ^c   Onuchic, Jose N ^a   Hwa, Terence ^a   Szurmant, Hendrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN-HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 77949913363     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)71003-X     Document Type: Chapter

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