Successful ab initio prediction of the tertiary structure of NK-lysin using multiple sequences and recognized supersecondary structural motifs

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 185-191

  Jones, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ab initio folding; Potentials of mean force; Protein structure prediction; Simulated Annealing; Structural motifs

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LUNG SURFACTANT; NK LYSIN; NK-LYSIN; PROTEOLIPID;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BINDING SITES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLIPIDS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS;

EID: 0031298075     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(1997)1+<185::AID-PROT24>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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