Protein folding for realists: A timeless phenomenon

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 991-1000

  Shortle, David ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Gillespie, Joel R ^a   Wrabl, James O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

denatured state; folding intermediates; hydrophobic bundles; protein folding; stability gradients; structure prediction

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029900442     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050602     Document Type: Review

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