DocumentCode
544255
Title
3D-Extraction of molecular surface knobs and holes for the study of complex formation
Author
Badel-Chagnon, Anne ; Hazout, Serge
Author_Institution
INSERM, Univ. Paris 7, Paris, France
Volume
1
fYear
1992
fDate
Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
Firstpage
204
Lastpage
205
Abstract
A method for the visualization of knobs and holes in a molecular surface is presented here. After the calculation of the convex hull of the molecular surface, the global shape features, holes and knobs can be determined and visualized. This is the first stage of the docking problem.
Keywords
biochemistry; biology computing; feature extraction; molecular biophysics; molecular configurations; proteins; 3D extraction; complex formation; convex hull; docking problem; global shape features; molecular surface holes; molecular surface knobs; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Electronic_ISBN
0-7803-0816-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760927
Filename
5760927
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