Cooperative Assembly of Co-Smad4 MH1 with R-Smad1/3 MH1 on DNA: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Guihong ^a   Li, Chaoqun ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Chen, Guangju ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN; RECEPTOR REGULATED SMAD PROTEIN; RECEPTOR REGULATED SMAD PROTEIN 1; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS, RECEPTOR-REGULATED; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

EID: 84872234282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053841     Document Type: Article

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