Molecular Simulations of Gram-Negative Bacterial Membranes: A Vignette of Some Recent Successes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 461-468

  Parkin, Jamie ^a   Chavent, Matthieu ^b   Khalid, Syma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84938508995     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.06.050     Document Type: Review

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