Electrostatics in computational protein design

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 622-626

  Vizcarra, Christina L ^a   Mayo, Stephen L ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 27744498365     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.014     Document Type: Review

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