Insights into the binding of intrinsically disordered proteins from molecular dynamics simulation

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 182-198

  Baker, Christopher M ^a   Best, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BIOCHEMICAL NETWORK; EUKARYOTIC PROTEINS; INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; TERTIARY STRUCTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84898545475     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1167     Document Type: Review

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