A full-length 3D structure for MAPK/ERK kinase 2 (MEK2)

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-341

  Liang, Hao ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Chen, FangJin ^a   Liu, ZhaoQing ^a   Liu, ShaoJun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

3D structure; homology modeling; MEK2; molecular dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE 2; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 79955383019     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4156-z     Document Type: Article

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