Free Energy Balance in Protein Folding

Advances in Protein Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue C, 1995, Pages 27-58

  Honig, Barry ^a   Yang, An Suei ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0028929583     PISSN: 00653233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3233(08)60331-9     Document Type: Article

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