Probing the role of interfacial waters in protein-DNA recognition using a hybrid implicit/explicit solvation model

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1318-1329

  Li, Shen ^a   Bradley, Philip ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding specificity; Implicit solvent models; Protein DNA interactions; Structured water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DNA RECOGNITION; SOLVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BINDING SPECIFICITY; IMPLICIT SOLVENT MODELS; PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURED WATER;

BACILLUS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE BAMHI; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE ECORI; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; WATER;

EID: 84880699704     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24272     Document Type: Article

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