Protein Refolding in Silico with Atom-based Statistical Potentials and Conformational Search Using a Simple Genetic Algorithm

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1456-1467

  Fang, Qiaojun ^a   Shortle, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atom pair potential; decoy discrimination; implicit solvation; simple genetic algorithm; statistical potentials

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYDROGEN; PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33745152349     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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