Rational modification of estrogen receptor by combination of computational and experimental analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Ferrero, Valentina Elisabetta Viviana ^a   Pedotti, Mattia ^b   Chiadò, Alessandro ^b   Simonelli, Luca ^b   Calzolai, Luigi ^a   Varani, Luca ^b   Lettieri, Teresa ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; AMINO ACID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; TAMOXIFEN; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IC 50; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING ASSAY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POINT MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 84905046391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102658     Document Type: Article

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