Exploring the conformational space of protein side chains using dead- end elimination and the A algorithm

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-239

  Leach, Andrew R ^a   Lemon, Andrew P ^b  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A; Algorithm; Conformational search; Dead end elimination; Entropy; Protein; Protein folding; Rotamer library; Side chain

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031717560     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19981101)33:2<227::AID-PROT7>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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