Signaling mechanisms of LOV domains: New insights from molecular dynamics studies

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1158-1170

  Freddolino, Peter L ^a   Gardner, Kevin H ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,6-DINITRO-O-CRESOL; DINITRO ORTHO CRESOL; GLUTAMINE; PHOTOTROPIN; 4,6 DINITRO O CRESOL;

BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; OAT; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ARTICLE;

AVENA SATIVA; BINDING SITES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DINITROCRESOLS; GLUTAMINE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; PHOTOTROPINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883025863     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3pp25400c     Document Type: Article

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