Hydrophobic folding units derived from dissimilar monomer structures and their interactions

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-42

  Tsai, Chung Jung ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

compactness; domain cutting; folding unit; hydrophobic core; protein folding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031012563     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060104     Document Type: Article

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