Is there a unifying mechanism for protein folding?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-25

  Daggett, Valerie ^a   Fersht, Alan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; TENASCIN; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

HYDROPHOBICITY; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0037221599     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(02)00012-9     Document Type: Review

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