Predicting transmembrane helix packing arrangements using residue contacts and a force-directed algorithm

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Nugent, Timothy ^a   Jones, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; FORECASTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CELLS SIGNALING; FORCE DIRECTED ALGORITHMS; HELICAL PACKINGS; HELIX PACKING; HELIX-HELIX INTERACTIONS; MOLECULE RECOGNITION; TRANS-MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TRANSMEMBRANE HELIX; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS;

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

GLOBULAR PROTEIN; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; AMINO ACID;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ACCURACY; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE DIRECTED ALGORITHM; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HELICAL PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT; HELIX HELIX INTERACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RESIDUE CONTACT; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; ALGORITHM; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77950838852     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000714     Document Type: Article

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