The folding and design of repeat proteins: Reaching a consensus

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 482-489

  Main, Ewan R G ^a,b   Jackson, Sophie E ^b   Regan, Lynne ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANKYRIN; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; HEXAPEPTIDE; LEUCINE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P19; REPEAT PROTEIN; TETRATRICOPEPTIDE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041428117     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00105-2     Document Type: Review

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