SCWRL and MolIDE: Computer programs for side-chain conformation prediction and homology modeling

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1832-1847

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Canutescu, Adrian A ^a   Dunbrack Jr , Roland L ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGORITHMS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 56349095598     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.184     Document Type: Article

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