Identification and insertion of 3-carbon bridges in protein disulfide bonds: A computational approach

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1070-1083

  Zloh, Mire ^a   Shaunak, Sunil ^b   Balan, Sibu ^a   Brocchini, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; CARBON; DISULFIDE; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBON BOND; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONJUGATION; DISULFIDE BOND; INTERNET; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CARBON; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DISULFIDES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; LEPTIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 34250200074     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.119     Document Type: Article

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