Potential application of FoldX force field based protein modeling in zinc finger nucleases design

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 442-449

  He, Zu Yong ^a   Mei, Gui ^b   Zhao, Chun Peng ^c   Chen, Yao Sheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FoldX; force field; modeling; protein mutation; zinc finger nuclease

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPAIR; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; GENE DELETION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79956151624     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4159-9     Document Type: Article

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