Conformer generation under restraints

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 160-165

  Bakker, Paul IW de ^a   Furnham, Nicholas ^b   Blundell, Tom L ^b   DePristo, Mark A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATION; EMPIRICISM; ENERGY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 33646471301     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.02.001     Document Type: Review

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