title: Lattice tube model of proteins.
abstract: We present a new lattice model for proteins that incorporates a tubelike anisotropy by introducing a preference for mutually parallel alignments in the conformations. The model is demonstrated to capture many aspects of real proteins.
authors.affiliation: 104 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Jayanth R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Banavar
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cieplak
authors.forename: Amos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maritan
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins