Membrane-mediated protein-protein interaction: A monte carlo study

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 656-666

  Neder, Jörg ^a,b,c   West, Beate ^a,b,c   Nielaba, Peter ^a,b,c   Schmid, Friederike ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomembranes; Coarse graining; Elasticity; Hydrophobic mismatch; Lipid bilayers; Lipid layering; Monte carlo methods; Potential of mean force

Indexed keywords

BIOMEMBRANES; COARSE GRAINING; HYDROPHOBIC MISMATCH; MONTE CARLO; POTENTIAL OF MEAN FORCE;

ELASTICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; MONOLAYERS; PROTEINS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 80053537532     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341311797483655     Document Type: Article

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