Protein folding and unfolding simulations: A new challenge for data mining

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-166

  Brito, Rui M M ^a   Dubitzky, Werner ^b   Rodrigues, J Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 3342989779     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1536231041388311     Document Type: Article

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