Applying an empirical hydropathic forcefield in refinement may improve low-resolution protein x-ray crystal structures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Koparde, Vishal N ^a   Neel Scarsdale, J ^a   Kellogg, Glen E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MACROMOLECULE; STANDARD;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 79251577981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015920     Document Type: Article

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