title: A method for multiple superposition of structures.
abstract: The study of families of protein structures is important in analysing the results of NMR structure determinations and in investigating mechanisms of molecular evolution at the level of conformation. A method is discussed for finding the transformations that mutually superpose an arbitrary number of structures in the least-squares sense given specified atom-to-atom correspondence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, University of South Africa, Pretoria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Botha
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pastore
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lesk
mesh_terms: D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins