Predicting intrinsic disorder in proteins: An overview

Cell Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 929-949

  He, Bo ^a   Wang, Kejun ^a   Liu, Yunlong ^b   Xue, Bin ^b,c   Uversky, Vladimir N ^b,c,d   Dunker, A Keith ^b,c  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Intrinsic disorder; Prediction method; Protein

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 68749093787     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2009.87     Document Type: Review

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