An ant colony optimisation algorithm for the 2D and 3D hydrophobic polar protein folding problem

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Shmygelska, Alena ^a   Hoos, Holger H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMISATION; COMBINATORIAL PROBLEM; COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; HYDROPHOBIC-POLAR MODEL; HYDROPHOBIC-POLAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING PROBLEM; STATE-OF-THE-ART ALGORITHMS; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONFORMATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC MODEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PREDICTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

FORMICIDAE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25444462754     PISSN: 14712105     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-6-30     Document Type: Article

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