Protein evolution constraints and model-based techniques to study them

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-341

  Thorne, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a WISSENSCHAFTSKOLLEG ZU BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 34347383963     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.05.006     Document Type: Review

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