Structural Investigation of MscL Gating Using Experimental Data and Coarse Grained MD Simulations

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Deplazes, Evelyne ^a   Louhivuori, Martti ^b   Jayatilaka, Dylan ^a   Marrink, Siewert J ^b   Corry, Ben ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED MODELING; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COARSE-GRAINED; HIGH RESOLUTION; MD SIMULATION; MECHANOSENSATION; MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL; MODELLING SYSTEMS; OPEN PORES; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; PORES STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION;

PORE STRUCTURE;

ION CHANNEL; MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNEL OF LARGE CONDUCTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COARSE GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866897140     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002683     Document Type: Article

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