Coarse-grained and all-atom modeling of structural states and transitions in hemoglobin

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 240-252

  Tekpinar, Mustafa ^a   Zheng, Wenjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated molecular dynamics; Coarse grained modeling; Elastic network model; Hemoglobin; Normal mode analysis; Reaction coordinate; Transition pathway; Wide angle X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALL ATOM MODELING; ARTICLE; COARSE GRAINED MODELING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84872614940     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24180     Document Type: Article

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