Deviations from standard atomic volumes as a quality measure for protein crystal structures

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-136

  Pontius, Joan ^a   Richelle, Jean ^a   Wodak, Shoshana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Protein structures; Quality assessment; Voronoi volumes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; R FACTOR; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030598343     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0628     Document Type: Article

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