Protein structure prediction: when is it useful?

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-155

  Zhang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; BIOMEDICINE; DRUG SCREENING; ENERGY; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 64549115839     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.02.005     Document Type: Review

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