Protein dynamics at Eph receptor-ligand interfaces as revealed by crystallography, NMR and MD simulations

BMC Biophysics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Qin, Haina ^a   Lim, Liangzhong ^a   Song, Jianxing ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84856231062     PISSN: 20461682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-1682-5-2     Document Type: Article

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