The p7 Protein of Hepatitis C Virus Forms Structurally Plastic, Minimalist Ion Channels

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Chandler, Danielle E ^a   Penin, François ^b,c   Schulten, Klaus ^a   Chipot, Christophe ^d,e  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; SELF ASSEMBLY; VIRUSES;

ANTIVIRALS; ASSEMBLY MECHANISM; CHANNEL ACTIVITY; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ION CHANNEL; ION CHANNELLING; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; OLIGOMERIC PROTEINS; VIRUS PARTICLES;

OLIGOMERS;

ION CHANNEL; LIPID; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN VP7; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VIRUS PARTICLE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84866943211     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002702     Document Type: Article

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