Combining inference from evolution and geometric probability in protein structure evaluation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 263-279

  Mihalek, I ^a   Res I ^a   Yao, H ^a   Lichtarge, O ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Evolutionary trace; Protein folding; Residue clustering; Sequence structure consistency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONFORMATION; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037485769     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00663-6     Document Type: Article

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