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DOWSER

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The Dowser program surveys a protein molecule's structure to locate internal cavities and assess the hydrophilicity of these cavities in terms of the energy of interaction of a water molecule with the surrounding atoms. Cameron Mura (2005) developed additions to the dowser database that allow analysis of structures of nucleic acids and of protein-nucleic acid complexes.

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Li Zhang and Jan Hermans (1996) Hydrophilicity of cavities in proteins. Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 24: 433-438.

Last modified: 12/31/06