Exploring the range of protein flexibility, from a structural proteomics perspective

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-19

  Gerstein, Mark ^a   Echols, Nathaniel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BIOPOLYMER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN P97; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; VIRB PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

EID: 1042275603     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2003.12.006     Document Type: Review

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