Comparative protein modelling by satisfaction of spatial restraints

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 234, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 779-815

  Šali, Andrej ^a,b   Blundell, Tom L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative protein modelling; Optimization; Protein database; Restraints; Serine proteinases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027136282     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1993.1626     Document Type: Article

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