Structural and dynamic mechanisms for the function and inhibition of the M2 proton channel from influenza A virus

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-80

  Wang, Jun ^a   Qiu, Jade Xiaoyan ^a   Soto, Cinque ^a   Degrado, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCSA; PROTEIN M2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ION CHANNELS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 79551687044     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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