A new view of the bacterial cytosol environment

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Cossins, Benjamin P ^a   Jacobson, Matthew P ^b   Guallar, Victor ^a  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BIOMOLECULES; DIFFUSION; ELECTROSTATICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONS; METABOLITES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; SOLUTIONS;

BACTERIAL CELLS; CYTOSOLS; DIFFUSION RATE; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MAJOR ENVIRONMENTS; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; MODELING APPROACH; MOLECULAR-MECHANICAL MODELING; PROKARYOTICS; UBIQUITIN;

PROTEINS;

MAGNESIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; SOLVENT; UBIQUITIN; WATER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLITE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOSOL; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 79959813206     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002066     Document Type: Article

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