Systematic mutational analysis of an ubiquitin ligase (MDM2)-binding peptide: Computational studies

Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Volumn 130, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 1145-1154

  Liu, Yun ^a   Lane, David P ^b   Verma, Chandra S ^a,c,d  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

MDM2; Mutagenesis; p53; Peptide; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855194142     PISSN: 1432881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00214-011-1049-y     Document Type: Article

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