A computational microscope focused on the sense of smell

Biochimie

Volumn 107, Issue Part A, 2014, Pages 3-10

  De March, Claire A ^a   Golebiowski, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Molecular modeling; Odorant Binding Protein; Olfactory receptor; Structure function

Indexed keywords

LIPOCALIN; ODORANT BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ODORANT-BINDING PROTEIN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BINDING;

COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PERCEPTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL;

EID: 84915785513     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.06.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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