Visualizing functional motions of membrane transporters with molecular dynamics simulations

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 569-587

  Shaikh, Saher A ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Enkavi, Giray ^a   Wen, Po Chao ^a   Huang, Zhijian ^a   Tajkhorshid, Emad ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PROTEINS;

COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; COMPUTER MODELING TECHNIQUES; CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84873845174     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi301086x     Document Type: Article

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