The Highly Cooperative Folding of Small Naturally Occurring Proteins Is Likely the Result of Natural Selection

Cell

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 613-624

  Watters, Alexander L ^a   Deka, Pritilekha ^a   Corrent, Colin ^b   Callender, David ^b   Varani, Gabriele ^a,b   Sosnick, Tobin ^c   Baker, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TOP7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 33846708445     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.042     Document Type: Short Survey

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