Intrinsically unstructured proteins: Re-assessing the protein structure-function paradigm

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-331

  Wright, Peter E ^a   Dyson, H Jane ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein folding; Protein structure; Transcriptional regulation; Translation initiation; Unstructured proteins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0032749078     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3110     Document Type: Article

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