The differential geometry of proteins and its applications to structure determination

Biophysical Reviews and Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 77-101

  Gorielyn, Alain ^a   Hausrath, Andrew ^b   Neukirch, Sébastien ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

Author keywords

Globular proteins; Polyhelices; Protein backbone

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ATOM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 51349104220     PISSN: 17930480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s1793048008000629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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