Nucleic acid chaperons: A theory of an RNA-assisted protein folding

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Biro, Jan C ^a  

^a Homulus Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DATABASE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SOFTWARE;

EID: 25444496212     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-35     Document Type: Article

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