Structural aspects of GroEL function

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-100

  Horovitz, Amnon ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHAPERONIN; PROTEIN;

ALLOSTERISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032005913     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80015-8     Document Type: Article

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