Atomistic modeling of protein-DNA interaction specificity: Progress and applications

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-405

  Liu, Limin Angela ^a   Bradley, Philip ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; CALCULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; WILD TYPE;

DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84865283412     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.06.002     Document Type: Review

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