Predicting three-dimensional structure of protein fragments from dihedral angle propensities and molecular dynamics

International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-163

  Blayney, Jaine K ^a   Ojha, Piyush C ^a   Shapcott, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid propensities; Proteins; Tertiary structure prediction

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956971034     PISSN: 17560756     EISSN: 17560764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCBDD.2010.035240     Document Type: Article

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