Evolutionary conservation of the folding nucleus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-129

  Mirny, Leonid ^a   Shakhnovich, Eugene ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary conservation; Folding kinetics; Folding nucleus; Protein evolution; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035957514     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4602     Document Type: Article

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