A novel scoring function for predicting the conformations of tightly packed pairs of transmembrane α-helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 363-378

  Fleishman, Sarel J ^a   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Empirical energy function; Ridges into grooves; Structure prediction; Tight packing; Transmembrane helices database

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CYSTINE; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036382758     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00590-9     Document Type: Article

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