The importance of being dimeric

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-27

  Mei, Giampiero ^a   Di Venere, Almerinda ^a   Rosato, Nicola ^a   Finazzi Agrò, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN RENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 11444269800     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04407.x     Document Type: Review

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