Prediction of the protein folding core: Application to the immunoglobulin fold

Biochimie

Volumn 91, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1465-1474

  Prudhomme, Nicolas ^a,b   Chomilier, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b RPBS   (France)

Author keywords

Folding nucleus; Immunoglobulin fold; Lattice simulation; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

FLAVODOXIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 73049092594     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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