Implications of macromolecular crowding for protein assembly

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-39

  Minton, Allen P ^a  

^a Human Motor Control Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

EID: 0033969150     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)00045-7     Document Type: Review

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