New Monte Carlo algorithms for protein folding

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-183

  Hansmann, Ulrich H E ^a   Okamoto, Yuko ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033117917     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80025-6     Document Type: Article

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