De novo protein design. I. In search of stability and specificity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1161-1181

  Koehl, Patrice ^a   Levitt, Michael ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Protein sequence; Protein structures; Random energy model; Specificity

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN G;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMICAL BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CETACEA; PHYSETER CATODON;

EID: 0033550206     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3211     Document Type: Article

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