Ab initio fold prediction of small helical proteins using distance geometry and knowledge-based scoring functions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 267-281

  Huang, Enoch S ^a   Samudrala, Ram ^b   Ponder, Jay W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance geometry; Helix packing; Protein structure prediction

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033516514     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2861     Document Type: Article

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