Stretching to understand proteins - A survey of the protein data bank

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-13

  Sułkowska, Joanna I ^a   Cieplak, Marek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; STRETCHING;

EID: 37749024809     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105973     Document Type: Article

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