Computational design of protein-protein interactions

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Kortemme, Tanja ^a,b   Baker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN;

CHIMERA; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1042298843     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2003.12.008     Document Type: Review

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