On prediction of folding nuclei in globular proteins

Molekulyarnaya Biologiya

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1032-1041

  Garbuzynskiy, S A ^a   Finkelstein, A V ^a   Galzitskaya, O V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atom atom contacts; Dynamic programming; Folding nucleus; Folding rate; Protein folding; Transition state

Indexed keywords

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS;

KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 33644829060     PISSN: 00268984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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