A simple model for evolution of proteins towards the global minimum of free energy

Folding and Design

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 389-399

  Kaffe Abramovich, Tamar ^a   Unger, Ron ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lattice models protein evolution; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; MODEL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031788525     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(98)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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