Chasing funnels on protein-protein energy landscapes at different resolutions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2150-2159

  Ruvinsky, Anatoly M ^a   Vakser, Ilya A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEINS;

EID: 51649117376     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.132977     Document Type: Article

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