How do small single-domain proteins fold?

Folding and Design

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Jackson, Sophie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME C; FODRIN; TENASCIN; UBIQUITIN;

ALPHA HELIX; DIMERIZATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031815749     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(98)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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