Advances in computational protein design

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-494

  Park, Sheldon ^a   Yang, Xi ^a   Saven, Jeffery G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOLVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 4143150944     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.06.002     Document Type: Review

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