Tracing entire operation cycles of molecular motor hepatitis C virus helicase in structurally resolved dynamical simulations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 20875-20880

  Flechsig, Holger ^a   Mikhailov, Alexander S ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformational relaxation; Elastic network models; Mechanochemical motions; Molecular machines; Nonequilibrium dynamics

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA HELICASES; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 78650486482     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014631107     Document Type: Article

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