The experimental survey of protein-folding energy landscapes

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-288

  Oliveberg, Mikael ^a   Wolynes, Peter G ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; RESEARCH; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33747592347     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583506004185     Document Type: Review

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