De novo design of the hydrophobic core of ubiquitin

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1167-1178

  Lazar, Greg A ^a   Desjarlais, John R ^a   Handel, Tracy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational; Genetic algorithm; Hydrophobic core packing; Protein design; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030992890     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060605     Document Type: Article

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