In silico investigation of conformational motions in superfamily 2 helicase proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Flechsig, Holger ^a   Popp, Denny ^a,b   Mikhailov, Alexander S ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEF HELICASE; HEL308 HELICASE; HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XPD HELICASE; DNA; ERCC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HEL308 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NEDD9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; DNA; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

EID: 79960456832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021809     Document Type: Article

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