Detection of hydrophobic clusters in molecular dynamics protein unfolding simulations using association rules

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3745 LNBI, Issue , 2005, Pages 329-337

  Azevedo, Paulo J ^a   Silva, Cândida G ^b   Rodrigues, J Rui ^b   Loureiro Ferreira, Nuno ^b   Brito, Rui M M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AMYLOID DISEASES; PROTEIN UNFOLDING EVENTS; SOLVENT ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREA; TRANSTHYRETIN;

PROTEINS;

EID: 33745292575     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11573067_33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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