Dynamics and recognition within a protein-DNA complex: A molecular dynamics study of the SKN-1/DNA interaction

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1440-1448

  Etheve, Löic ^a   Martin, Juliette ^a   Lavery, Richard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA; PROTEIN SKN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELMINTH DNA; PROTEIN BINDING; SKN-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84965020570     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1511     Document Type: Article

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