Combining experiment and simulation in protein folding: closing the gap for small model systems

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-9

  Schaeffer, R Dustin ^a   Fersht, Alan ^b   Daggett, Valerie ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

COMPUTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; UREA; WATER;

EID: 39149104002     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.11.007     Document Type: Review

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