Games with a scientific purpose

Genome Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Good, Benjamin M ^a   Su, Andrew I ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALTRUISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GAME; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTELLIGENCE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REWARD; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEOMICS; RECREATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84855206623     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-12-135     Document Type: Note

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