Statistics of knots, geometry of conformations, and evolution of proteins

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 350-357

  Lua, Rhonald C ^a   Grosberg, Alexander Y ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS;

END-TO-END DISTANCES; FRACTAL PROPERTIES; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; KNOT INVARIANTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NATIVE CONFORMATION; NATIVE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BACKBONE; PROTEIN FOLDINGS; SUBCHAINS;

PROTEINS;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GEOMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEOMICS; STATISTICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 33646904782     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020045     Document Type: Article

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