Protein structure prediction by threading. Why it works and why it does not

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 507-526

  Mirny, Leonid A ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo procedure; Protein structure prediction; Threading

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032561125     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2092     Document Type: Article

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