Molecular dynamics modeling of tubulin C-terminal tail interactions with the microtubule surface

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2968-2982

  Freedman, Holly ^a,b   Luchko, Tyler ^c   Luduena, Richard F ^d   Tuszynski, Jack A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Conformational changes; Cytoskeleton; Dynamics of biomolecules; Modeling; Polymerization; Protein structure; Theory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TUBULIN;

EID: 80052597892     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.23155     Document Type: Article

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