Extended disordered proteins: Targeting function with less scaffold

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-85

  Gunasekaran, Kannan ^a   Tsai, Chung Jung ^b   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Zanuy, David ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CELL SIZE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW;

EID: 0037309985     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(03)00003-3     Document Type: Review

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