MOLE: A Voronoi Diagram-Based Explorer of Molecular Channels, Pores, and Tunnels

Structure

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1357-1363

  Petřek, Martin ^a   Košinová, Pavlína ^b   Koča, Jaroslav ^a   Otyepka, Michal ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CYTOCHROME P450; GRAMICIDIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOPORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 35748972048     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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