Fragment molecular orbital (FMO) study on stabilization mechanism of neuro-oncological ventral antigen (NOVA)-RNA complex system

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 962, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Kurisaki, Ikuo ^a   Fukuzawa, Kaori ^b   Nakano, Tatsuya ^c   Mochizuki, Yuji ^d   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^a,e   Tanaka, Shigenori ^a,e  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIZUHO INFORMATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ab initio fragment molecular orbital (FMO) method; Neuro oncological ventral antigen (NOVA); RNA binding protein; Sequence specific recognition; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549252015     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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