Protein folding: From the levinthal paradox to structure prediction

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-293

  Honig, Barry ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding pathways; Protein folding; Protein stability; Protein structure prediction

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032744232     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3006     Document Type: Article

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