Propensities, probabilities, and the Boltzmann hypothesis

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1298-1302

  Shortle, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

angles; Backbone interactions; Knowledge based potentials; Propensities; Ramachandran; Side chain interactions; Statistical potentials; Threading

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HYDROGEN BONDING; PEPTIDES; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037907478     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0306903     Document Type: Article

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