Neutral evolution of model proteins: Diffusion in sequence space and overdispersion

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-64

  Bastolla, Ugo ^a   Roman, H Eduardo ^b   Vendruscolo, Michele ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033533517     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0975     Document Type: Article

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