Simulations of allosteric transitions

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-172

  Elber, Ron ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTERIC TRANSITION; ALLOSTERISM; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOPHYSICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ALLOSTERIC SITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 79953100071     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2011.01.012     Document Type: Review

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