Expanding to fill the gap: A possible role for inert biopolymers in regulating the extent of the 'macromolecular crowding' effect

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2584-2590

  Hall, Damien ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macromolecular crowding; Protein folding; Protein stability; Regulation; Structural transition

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CYTOCHROME C; GUANIDINE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CELL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENT; MACROMOLECULE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; THEORY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOCHROMES C; DEXTRANS; HORSES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646202287     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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