Protein folding theory: From lattice to all-atom models

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 30, Issue , 2001, Pages 361-396

  Mirny, L ^a   Shakhnovich, E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding nucleus conservation; Folding nucleus prediction; Molecular dynamics; Nucleation; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

ATOM; CELL NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CELL NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034984144     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.30.1.361     Document Type: Review

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