Inferring Protein Function from Protein Structure

Bioinformatics-From Genomes to Therapies

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1211-1252

  Domingues, Francisco S ^a   Lengauer, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Destabilizing; Determination; Physicochemical; Predominant; Tetrahedra.

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249127521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527619368.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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