Modeling structures and motions of loops in protein molecules

Entropy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-290

  Shehu, Amarda ^a   Kavraki, Lydia E ^b,c  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational ensemble; Equilibrium fluctuations; Loop modeling; Native state; Structural analysis of proteins; Structural bioinformatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861141895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e14020252     Document Type: Review

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