Riding the wave: Structural and energetic principles of helical membrane proteins

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Fleming, Karen G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG TARGETING; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0033956331     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)00056-7     Document Type: Review

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