Energy landscapes: some new horizons

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Wales, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77749324287     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.12.011     Document Type: Review

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