Identifying therapeutic template by evaluating the structural stability of gram positive anti-bacterial peptides-a computational approach

Interdisciplinary Sciences – Computational Life Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-188

  Ramanathan, K ^a   Sethumadhavan, Rao ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

anti bacterial peptides; instability index; non covalent interactions; stabilization centers; total energy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84859885736     PISSN: 19132751     EISSN: 18671462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-011-0088-3     Document Type: Article

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