Estimating the total number of protein folds

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 408-414

  Govindarajan, Sridhar ^a,b   Recabarren, Ruben ^a   Goldstein, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Likelihood estimation; Protein families; Protein folding; Protein structures; Species problem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0033152756     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990601)35:4<408::AID-PROT4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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