An integrated computational analysis of the structure, dynamics, and ligand binding interactions of the human galectin network

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1918-1930

  Guardia, Carlos M A ^a   Gauto, Diego F ^a   Di Lella, Santiago ^a   Rabinovich, Gabriel A ^b,c   Martí, Marcelo A ^a   Estrin, Darío A ^a  

^a Instituto de Quimica Fisica de los Materiales Medio Ambiente y Energia   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL DEATH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS;

CARBOHYDRATE-RECOGNITION DOMAINS; CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS CHARACTERISTIC; PROTEIN-LIGAND INTERACTIONS; SPECIFIC INHIBITORS; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EPITOPE; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 12, HUMAN; GALECTIN 4; LGALS13 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIGAND; PLACENTA PROTEIN; POLY N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE; POLY-N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ENTROPY; EPITOPES; GALECTIN 4; GALECTINS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 80052014758     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci200180h     Document Type: Article

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