Insight into estrogen receptor beta-beta and alpha-beta homo- and heterodimerization: A combined molecular dynamics and sequence analysis study

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 170, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-50

  Chakraborty, Sandipan ^a   Willett, Hadassah ^a   Biswas, P K ^a  

^a TOUGALOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Evolution; Homo and heterodimer; Loop dynamics; Molecular dynamics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HETERODIMER;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DIMERIZATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84872529288     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: 18734200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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