Simplified computational methods for the analysis of protein flexibility

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-613

  Kuznetsov, Igor B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Flexibility; Motion; Movement; Plasticity; Structural; Switch; Transition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEOMICS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENOMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 73549121715     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920309789630552     Document Type: Review

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