An Overview of Protein Structure Prediction: From Homology to Ab Initio Final Project For Bioc218, Computational Molecular Biology
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The current status of the protein prediction methods, comparative modeling, threading or fold recognition, and Ab Initio prediction, is described. The accuracy, applicability and shortcomings, as well as possible improvements will be discussed.
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