Searching for functional sites in protein structures

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-7

  Jones, Susan ^a   Thornton, Janet M ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DNA BINDING MOTIF; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 1042264059     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2003.11.001     Document Type: Review

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