Review: Protein design - Where we were, where we are, where we're going

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 269-281

  Pokala, Navin ^a   Handel, Tracy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy functions; Optimization methods; Protein design

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTRICITY; GENOMICS; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0035782661     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4349     Document Type: Review

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