Improved genetic algorithm for the protein folding problem by use of a Cartesian combination operator

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1800-1815

  Rabow, Alfred A ^a   Scheraga, Harold A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

conformational search; dynamic programming; genetic algorithms; lattice fitting; Monte Carlo optimization; protein folding; protein structure prediction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029786785     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050906     Document Type: Article

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