Insights into protein–ligand interactions: Mechanisms, models, and methods

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Du, Xing ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Xia, Yuan Ling ^a   Ai, Shi Meng ^a,b   Liang, Jing ^a   Sang, Peng ^a,c   Ji, Xing Lai ^a   Liu, Shu Qun ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Binding driving forces; Binding mechanisms; Docking; Fluorescence polarization (FP); Free energy calculations; Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC); Kinetics; Surface plasmon resonance (SPR); Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BINDING AFFINITY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LIGAND INTERACTION; REVIEW; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROCEDURES;

LIGAND; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG DISCOVERY; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84955613377     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17020144     Document Type: Review

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