Universality and diversity of the protein folding scenarios: A comprehensive analysis with the aid of a lattice model

Folding and Design

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-116

  Mirny, Leonid A ^a   Abkevich, Victor ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding intermediates; Lattice model; Molten globule; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STABILITY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STABILITY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030334626     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(96)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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