QM/MM model of the mouse olfactory receptor MOR244-3 validated by site-directed mutagenesis experiments

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2014, Pages L5-L8

  Sekharan, Sivakumar ^a   Ertem, Mehmed Z ^a,b   Zhuang, Hanyi ^c   Block, Eric ^d   Matsunami, Hiroaki ^e   Zhang, Ruina ^c   Wei, Jennifer N ^a   Pan, Yi ^c   Batista, Victor S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84940334657     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.031     Document Type: Article

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