Chaperone-assisted protein folding

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-52

  Martin, Jörg ^a   Ulrich Hartl, F ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTEIN;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0343488499     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80006-1     Document Type: Article

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