Synergy of molecular dynamics and isothermal titration calorimetry in studies of allostery

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 492, Issue , 2011, Pages 151-188

  Strawn, Rebecca ^a   Stockner, Thomas ^b   Melichercik, Milan ^c   Jin, Lihua ^d   Xue, Wei Feng ^e   Carey, Jannette ^a   Ettrich, Rüdiger ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

ALLOSTERISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA BINDING; ENTHALPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79951974360     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381268-1.00017-3     Document Type: Chapter

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