Energy functions for protein design

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-513

  Gordon, D Benjamin ^a   Marshall, Shannon A ^a   Mayo, Stephen L ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033178329     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80072-4     Document Type: Article

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