The proteasome: A macromolecular assembly designed for controlled proteolysis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1389, 1999, Pages 1501-1511

  Zwickl, Peter ^a   Voges, Dieter ^a   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Proteasome; Protein degradation; Proteolysis; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033615348     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0494     Document Type: Article

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