The Structural Basis of Oncogenic Mutations G12, G13 and Q61 in Small GTPase K-Ras4B

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lu, Shaoyong ^a,b   Jang, Hyunbum ^b   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c   Zhang, Jian ^a,d  

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

^b FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KRAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN P21; TUMOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS);

EID: 84959076040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21949     Document Type: Article

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