Thermal motions of the E. coli glucose-galactose binding protein studied using well-sampled semi-atomistic simulations

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-220

  Cashman, D J ^a   Mamonov, A B ^a   Bhatt, D ^a   Zuckerman, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse Grain; Computational Simulations; GGBP; LBMC; Molecular Dynamics; Monte Carlo; Protein dynamics; Protein fluctuations

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 78649871256     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802611794863607     Document Type: Article

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