Models of macromolecular crowding effects and the need for quantitative comparisons with experiment

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-206

  Elcock, Adrian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77951298407     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2010.01.008     Document Type: Review

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