Process of biosynthetic protein folding determines the rapid formation of native structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 579-586

  Fedorov, Alexey N ^a   Baldwin, Thomas O ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial luciferase; Cotranslational folding; Folding pathway; Protein biosynthesis; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; UREA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033607484     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3281     Document Type: Article

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