Monte carlo analysis of neck linker extension in kinesin molecular motors

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Kutys, Matthew L ^a   Fricks, John ^a   Hancock, William O ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHAINS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

BINDING-SITES; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS; CHEMOMECHANICAL; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DOCKING MODELS; KINESINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; WORMLIKE CHAIN;

STIFFNESS;

KINESIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; KINESIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBULIN;

EID: 78649671983     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000980     Document Type: Article

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