Principles of protein folding in the cellular environment

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-110

  Ellis, R John ^a   Hartl, F Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032822103     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80013-X     Document Type: Article

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