Predicting the conformational class of short and medium size loops connecting regular secondary structures: Application to comparative modelling

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 352-367

  Rufino, Stephen D ^a   Donate, Luis E ^a   Canard, Luc H J ^a   Blundell, Tom L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loop conformation; Loop modelling; Loop prediction; Protein structure; Protein structure modelling

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031588926     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0851     Document Type: Article

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