Structural determinants of a typical leucine-rich repeat protein

Communications in Computational Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 238-255

  Martins, Joao M ^a   Ramos, Rui M ^a   Moreira, Irina S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamic simulation; Mutagenesis protocol; Protein protein association; Structural determinant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866336088     PISSN: 18152406     EISSN: 19917120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4208/cicp.300711.230911s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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