Molecular recognition and ligand association

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-175

  Baron, Riccardo ^a   McCammon, J Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Configurational ensemble; Molecular simulation; Solvent; Thermodynamics; Wetting transitions

Indexed keywords

LIGANDS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; CONFIGURATIONAL ENSEMBLE; DRIVING FORCES; INTERMEDIATE STATE; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; PROTEIN LIGANDS; RECOGNITION PROCESS; SOLVENT CONTRIBUTION; WETTING TRANSITIONS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

LIGAND; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84872859789     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040412-110047     Document Type: Article

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