A conformational analysis study on the melanocortin 4 receptor using multiple molecular dynamics simulations

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-321

  Shahlaei, Mohsen ^a   Mousavi, Atefeh ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

homology modeling uncertainties; melanocortin 4 receptor; molecular modeling; multiple molecular dynamics simulation

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MC4R PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; HUMAN;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

EID: 84939263046     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: 17470285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12495     Document Type: Article

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