Progress in structure prediction of α-helical membrane proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 496-504

  Fleishman, Sarel J ^a   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; BIOINFORMATICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 33746586953     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.06.003     Document Type: Review

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