Simulation vs. reality: A comparison of in silico distance predictions with DEER and FRET measurements

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Klose, Daniel ^a   Klare, Johann P ^a   Grohmann, Dina ^b,c   Kay, Christopher W M ^b   Werner, Finn ^b   Steinhoff, Heinz Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROXIDE; PROTEIN RPO4; PROTEIN RPO7; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DOUBLE ELECTRON ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON NUCLEAR DOUBLE RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; ROTAMER LIBRARY ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84862668293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039492     Document Type: Article

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