LMProt: An efficient algorithm for Monte Carlo sampling of protein conformational space

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1567-1577

  Alves Da Silva, Roosevelt ^a   Degrève, Léo ^a   Caliri, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 4444332756     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.041541     Document Type: Article

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