Computational approaches to molecular recognition

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-457

  Lamb, Michelle L ^a   Jorgensen, William L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; LIGAND; PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031320150     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(97)80038-5     Document Type: Article

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