Synaptobrevin Transmembrane Domain Dimerization Studied by Multiscale Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 760-771

  Han, Jing ^a   Pluhackova, Kristyna ^a   Wassenaar, Tsjerk A ^a   Böckmann, Rainer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID BILAYER; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; R-SNARE PROTEINS;

EID: 84941089766     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.06.049     Document Type: Article

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