Hydrophobic core packing and protein design

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 675-679

  Lazar, Greg A ^a   Handel, Tracy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0032254437     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80102-6     Document Type: Article

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