Protein knots and fold complexity: Some new twists

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-162

  Taylor, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fold complexity; Protein knots

Indexed keywords

FOLD COMPLEXITY; PROTEIN KNOTS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

ENZYME; KETOL ACID REDUCTOISOMERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLMALONYL COA CARBOXYTRANSFERASE; METHYLMALONYL-COA CARBOXYTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

CARBOXYL AND CARBAMOYL TRANSFERASES; ENZYMES; KETOL-ACID REDUCTOISOMERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 34248570354     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2007.03.002     Document Type: Review

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