Computational studies of colicin insertion into membranes: The closed state

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-141

  Prieto, Lidia ^a   Lazaridis, Themis ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed state; Colicin; Implicit membrane; Lipid protein interaction; Molecular dynamics simulations; Pore forming toxins

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; COLICIN 1A; COLICIN A; COLICIN B; COLICIN E1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENTROPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL MEMBRANE; COLICINS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78649785257     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22866     Document Type: Article

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