Predicting protein flexibility through the prediction of local structures

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 839-852

  Bornot, Aurélie ^a   Etchebest, Catherine ^a   De Brevern, Alexandre G ^a  

^a Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine   (France)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Flexibility prediction; Protein dynamics; Protein structure prediction; Structural alphabet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FLEXIBILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79551504959     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22922     Document Type: Article

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