Are membrane proteins 'inside-out' proteins?

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-143

  Stevens, Timothy J ^a   Arkin, Isaiah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

helix; Hydrophobicity; Protein folding; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0033167996     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990701)36:1<135::AID-PROT11>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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