Coarse-grained models of protein folding: toy models or predictive tools?

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-15

  Clementi, Cecilia ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 39149100599     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.10.005     Document Type: Review

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