Light on the structural communication in Ras GTPases

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-157

  Raimondi, Francesco ^a,b   Felline, Angelo ^a,b   Portella, Guillem ^c   Orozco, Modesto ^c,d   Fanelli, Francesca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b DULBECCO TELETHON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication paths; Guanine nucleotide binding proteins; Molecular dynamics simulations; Protein structure network analysis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1; AMINO ACID; H RAS PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; RAS PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SEC4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION PATH; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 1; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 84875191768     PISSN: 07391102     EISSN: 15380254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2012.698379     Document Type: Article

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