Conformational diversity and protein evolution - A 60-year-old hypothesis revisited

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 361-368

  James, Leo C ^a   Tawfik, Dan S ^b  

^a Centre for Protein Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038148710     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(03)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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