Prediction of the three-dimensional structure of proteins using the electrostatic screening model and hierarchic condensation

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-96

  Avbelj, Franc ^a   Fele, Ljudmila ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo minimizations in torsion space; Prediction of secondary structure; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE INHIBITOR; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PANCREAS POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN G; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TENASCIN; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SCREENING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORSION;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032053525     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980401)31:1<74::AID-PROT7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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