Tubes near the edge of compactness and folded protein structures

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Banavar, J R ^a   Flammini, A ^b   Marenduzzo, D ^b   Maritan, A ^b,c   Trovato, A ^d,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

BIOMOLECULES;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0037621457     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/18/312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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