Is the protein folding an aim-oriented process? Human haemoglobin as example

International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-260

  Brylinski, Michal ^a,b   Konieczny, Leszek ^a   Roterman, Irena ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Active site; Bioinformatics; Haemoglobin; Hydrophobic collapse; Hydrophobic scale; Ligand binding; Ligand library; Oil drop model; Protein folding; Protein structure prediction; Protein protein complex

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; LIGAND;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 34250875637     PISSN: 17445485     EISSN: 17445493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2007.013605     Document Type: Article

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