BEAMS (BEAds modelling system): A set of computer programs for the generation, the visualization and the computation of the hydrodynamic and conformational properties of bead models of proteins

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 373-384

  Spotorno, Bruno ^a,b   Piccinini, Luca ^b   Tassara, Giovanni ^b   Ruggiero, Carmelina ^b   Nardini, Marco ^a   Molina, Francesco ^a   Rocco, Mattia ^a  

^a CENTRO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intrinsic viscosity; Protein structure and dynamics; Relaxation times; Rotational diffusion; Translational diffusion

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030849004     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050050     Document Type: Article

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