The family feud: Do proteins with similar structures fold via the same pathway?

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 42-49

  Zarrine Afsar, Arash ^a   Larson, Stefan M ^b   Davidson, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLPHOSPHATASE; APOMYOGLOBIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN G; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPECTRIN; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 3; TENASCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING KINETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 13844299144     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.01.011     Document Type: Review

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