An automated classification of the structure of protein loops

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 814-830

  Oliva, Baldomero ^a   Bates, Paul A ^b   Querol, Enrique ^a   Avilés, Francesc X ^a   Sternberg, Michael J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homology modelling; Protein analysis; Protein loops; Protein prediction; Sequence motifs

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031557395     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0819     Document Type: Article

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