Beyond structural genomics: Computational approaches for the identification of ligand binding sites in protein structures

Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-117

  Ghersi, Dario ^a,b   Sanchez, Roberto ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding site; Function; Interaction; Ligand; Prediction; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ENERGY YIELD; GEOMETRY; LIGAND BINDING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIGAND; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80054037270     PISSN: 1345711X     EISSN: 15700267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10969-011-9110-6     Document Type: Article

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