The structure and dynamics of BmR1 protein from Brugia malayi: In silico approaches

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 11082-11099

  Khor, Bee Yin ^a   Tye, Gee Jun ^a   Lim, Theam Soon ^a   Noordin, Rahmah ^a   Choong, Yee Siew ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bmr1 protein; Brugia malayi; Epitope prediction; Molecular dynamics simulation; Protein structure prediction

Indexed keywords

BMR1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPUTER MODEL; FILARIASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84902961144     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms150611082     Document Type: Article

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