Identifying folding nucleus based on residue contact networks of proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1899-1907

  Li, Jie ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Folding nucleus; Folding nucleus residues; Residue contact networks of proteins; Transition state

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACP; PROTEIN CI2; PROTEIN S6; PROTEIN SH3; PROTEIN U1A; TENDAMISTAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 44349106520     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21891     Document Type: Article

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