Effects of macromolecular crowding on protein folding and aggregation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 6927-6933

  Van Den Berg, Bert ^a   Ellis, R John ^b   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Hen lysozyme; Macromolecular crowding; Protein disulfide isomerase; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; LYSOZYME; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 0033572725     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.24.6927     Document Type: Article

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