Protein unfolding - An important process in vivo?

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-109

  Matouschek, Andreas ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 0037308999     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00010-1     Document Type: Review

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