Factors affecting the ability of energy functions to discriminate correct from incorrect folds

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 831-846

  Park, Britt H ^a   Huang, Enoch S ^a   Levitt, Michael ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy function; Fold recognition; Protein folding; Reduced representation; Threading

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENERGY COST; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031557390     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0809     Document Type: Article

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