Exploring folding free energy landscapes using computational protein design

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-95

  Kuhlman, Brian ^a   Baker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLPHOSPHATASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LYSOZYME; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SPECTRIN; THIOREDOXIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 1342324030     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.01.002     Document Type: Review

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