Computer simulations of de novo designed helical proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-105

  Sikorski, Andrzej ^a   Kolinski, Andrzej ^a,b   Skolnick, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031861539     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77497-1     Document Type: Article

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