New insights into the molecular mechanism of E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion by free energy calculations

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1354-1359

  Doro, Fabio ^a,c   Saladino, Giorgio ^b   Belvisi, Laura ^a   Civera, Monica ^a   Gervasio, Francesco L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CALCIUM; ION;

CELL ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CADHERINS; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; DIMERIZATION; IONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84927759408     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct5010164     Document Type: Article

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