Mechanism of Bacterial Signal Transduction Revealed by Molecular Dynamics of Tsr Dimers and Trimers of Dimers in Lipid Vesicles

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Hall, Benjamin A ^a,b   Armitage, Judith P ^a   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; COARSE-GRAINED MODELING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL CHEMORECEPTORS; BACTERIAL SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BINDING EVENTS; CELL POLES; DIMER MODEL; DOWN-STREAM; E. COLI; LIPID VESICLES; SIGNALING PROCESS; TRANSMEMBRANE HELIX;

DIMERS;

DIMER; PROTEIN TSR; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID VESICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866942109     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002685     Document Type: Article

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