How many fold types of protein are there in nature?

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 186-191

  Wang, Zhi Xin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

maximum likelihood estimation; number of fold types; protein folds; statistical sampling approach

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROTEIN FOLDING; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0029857657     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199610)26:2<186::AID-PROT8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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