Thermophilic adaptation of proteins

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-106

  Sterner, Reinhard ^a   Liebl, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; CHAPERONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME KINETICS; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035092271     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20014091074174     Document Type: Review

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