Protofold: A successive kinetostatic compliance method for protein conformation prediction

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 712-717

  Kazerounian, Kazem ^a   Latif, Khalid ^a   Alvarado, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTIMIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROTEINS;

KINETOSTATIC COMPLIANCE METHOD; PROTEIN PREDICTION;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 23044454670     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1867502     Document Type: Article

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