A knowledge-based potential with an accurate description of local interactions improves discrimination between native and near-native protein conformations

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-124

  Ferrada, Evandro ^a   Vergara, Ismael A ^a   Melo, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Comparative modeling; Knowledge based potentials; Protein structure assessment; Protein structure prediction; Statistical potentials

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICITY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ELECTROSTATICS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 35348892593     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-007-0050-5     Document Type: Article

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