title: Curve encirclement and protein structure.
abstract: A method of measuring the extent to which space curves encircle one another is introduced. The method provides a family of sets which characterize encircling curves, allowing curve pairs that engage (and also single curves that self-engage) to be distinguished. The method is applied to the backbone chains of protein molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1740, USA. watchwrk@me.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Oliver M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D030562:Databases, Protein; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011487:Protein Conformation