Statistical estimation of statistical mechanical models: Helix-coil theory and peptide helicity prediction

Journal of Computational Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1287-1310

  Schmidler, Scott C ^a   Lucas, Joseph E ^a   Oas, Terrence G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Empirical potentials; Helical peptides; Helix coil theory; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOPHYSICS; HELIX COIL THEORY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 37049021326     PISSN: 10665277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2007.0008     Document Type: Article

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