Progress and challenges in protein structure prediction

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-348

  Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 44949145113     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.02.004     Document Type: Review

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