Progress in computational protein design

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-311

  Lippow, Shaun M ^a,c   Tidor, Bruce ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Building 700   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CATALYSIS; ENTROPY; INCLUSIONS; SOLVENTS;

BINDING AFFINITY; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARIES; COMPUTATIONAL PROTEIN DESIGN; ENERGY FUNCTION APPROXIMATIONS; POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS; STOCHASTIC SEARCH TECHNIQUES;

PROTEINS;

BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURE BASED PROTEIN DESIGN; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENTROPY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

EID: 34548528158     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2007.04.009     Document Type: Review

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