Sane in the membrane: Designing systems to modulate membrane proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-440

  Booth, Paula J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ELASTICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; STRESS;

CELL MEMBRANE; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 23044490778     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.06.002     Document Type: Review

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