A topological framework for the computation of the homfly polynomial and its application to proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Comoglio, Federico ^a,b   Rinaldi, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HOMFLY POLYNOMIAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MINIMAL STRUCTURE REDUCTION ALGORITHM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

LOTUS;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEINS;

EID: 79954594752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018693     Document Type: Article

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