Solving the membrane protein folding problem

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7068, 2005, Pages 581-589

  Bowie, James U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FOLD DETERMINATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

MEMBRANE; PROTEIN;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 28444488355     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04395     Document Type: Review

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