Understanding protein folding with energy landscape theory. Part I: Basic concepts

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 111-167

  Plotkin, Steven S ^a   Onuchic, José N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENERGY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0036023918     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583502003761     Document Type: Review

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