A potential smoothing algorithm accurately predicts transmembrane helix packing

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-55

  Pappu, Rohit V ^a   Marshall, Garland R ^a   Ponder, Jay W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GLYCOPHORIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0032932375     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/4922     Document Type: Review

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