Mechanisms of protein assembly: Lessons from minimalist models

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-142

  Levy, Yaakov ^a,b   Onuchic, José N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SOLVENT; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 33644986099     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar040204a     Document Type: Article

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