Sequence space, folding and protein design

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-10

  Cordes, Matthew H J ^a   Davidson, Alan R ^b   Sauer, Robert T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0029863201     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80088-1     Document Type: Article

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