Brownian dynamics simulation of nucleocytoplasmic transport: A coarse-grained model for the functional state of the nuclear pore complex

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Moussavi Baygi, Ruhollah ^a   Jamali, Yousef ^a   Karimi, Reza ^a   Mofrad, Mohammad R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY;

BROWNIAN DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; COARSE-GRAINED MODELING; CYTOPLASMIC FILAMENTS; FUNCTIONAL STATE; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR TRAFFIC; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEXES; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; SELECTIVE TRANSPORT;

COARSE-GRAINED MODELING;

GLYCINE; KARYOPHERIN; KARYOPHERIN BETA; PHENYLALANINE; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIMULATION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR PORE; OOCYTE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; VISCOSITY; XENOPUS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTIC MODULUS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEAR PORE; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VISCOSITY; XENOPUS;

EID: 79959840108     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002049     Document Type: Article

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