Modelling the self-assembly of elastomeric proteins provides insights into the evolution of their domain architectures

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Song, Hongyan ^a   Parkinson, John ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CROSSLINKING; GRAPH THEORY; PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY;

ASSEMBLY PROCESS; CROSS LINKING; DOMAIN ARCHITECTURES; ELASTOMERIC PROTEINS; POLYMER ASSEMBLIES; POLYMERIC STRUCTURES; PROPERTY; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

ARTHROPOD PROTEIN; ELASTIN; ELASTOMER; MONOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 84861162096     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002406     Document Type: Article

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