A set of van der Waals and Coulombic radii of protein atoms for molecular and solvent-accessible surface calculation, packing evaluation, and docking

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-127

  Li, Ai Jun ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coulombic radius; Docking; Molecular surface; Protein protein interface; Protein water boundary; Solvent accessible surface; Van der Waals radius

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EVALUATION STUDIES; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 0032125607     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980701)32:1<111::AID-PROT12>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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