RNA and protein folding: Common themes and variations

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4957-4970

  Thirumalai, D ^a,b   Hyeon, Changbong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTEINS; VISUALIZATION;

HYDROPHOBIC RESIDUES; INTERATIVE ANNEALING MECHANISM; KINETIC PARTITIONING MECHANISM (KPM); PROTEIN FOLDING;

RNA;

CHAPERONE; POLYELECTROLYTE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETIC PARTITIONING MECHANISM; KINETICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GROEL PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; RNA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TETRAHYMENA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 16344371778     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi047314+     Document Type: Review

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