Dynamics, flexibility and ligand-induced conformational changes in biological macromolecules: A computational approach

Future Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2079-2100

  Skjærven, Lars ^a,b,c   Reuter, Nathalie ^a,b   Martinez, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research   (Norway)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZAMIDINE; CHAPERONIN; GENTAMICIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; LIGAND; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PAROMOMYCIN; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

ALLOSTERISM; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; LIGAND BINDING; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SIMULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

LIGANDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 81855166099     PISSN: 17568919     EISSN: 17568927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/fmc.11.159     Document Type: Review

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