What determines the spectrum of protein native state structures?

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-277

  Lezon, Timothy R ^a   Banavar, Jayanth E ^a   Lesk, Arthur M ^a   Maritan, Amos ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Folded proteins; Native states; Structural motifs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645299543     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20869     Document Type: Review

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