What does it mean to be natively unfolded?

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-12

  Uversky, Vladimir N ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrinsically disordered protein; Intrinsically unfolded protein; Molten globule state; Premolten globule state; Unfolded protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA CASEIN; BETA SYNUCLEIN; CALDESMON; CALRETICULIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; FIBRONECTIN; GAMMA SYNUCLEIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; OSTEOCALCIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32; PHOSVITIN; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; RIBONUCLEASE A; STATHMIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036153571     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02649.x     Document Type: Review

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