Visualizing and quantifying molecular goodness-of-fit: Small-probe contact dots with explicit hydrogen atoms

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1711-1733

  Word, J Michael ^a   Lovell, Simon C ^a   Labean, Thomas H ^a   Taylor, Hope C ^a   Zalis, Michael E ^a   Presley, Brent K ^a   Richardson, Jane S ^a   Richardson, David C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit hydrogen atoms; Macromolecular structure validation; Methionine rotamers; Protein internal packing; Small probe contact dots

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033613812     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2400     Document Type: Article

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