A critical assessment of the topomer search model of protein folding using a continuum explicit-chain model with extensive conformational sampling

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1643-1660

  Wallin, Stefan ^a   Hue, Sun Chan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Explicit chain modeling; Levinthal search; Protein folding; Topomer search model; Topomer sampling model

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 19444371858     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.041317705     Document Type: Article

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