An automatic method for predicting transmembrane protein structures using cryo-EM and evolutionary data

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3448-3459

  Fleishman, Sarel J ^a   Harrington, Susan ^b   Friesner, Richard A ^b   Honig, Barry ^b   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; HALORHODOPSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 4644273133     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.046417     Document Type: Article

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