Cysteine-cysteine contact preference leads to target-focusing in protein folding

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 938-951

  Sardiu, Mihaela E ^a,c   Cheung, Margaret S ^b   Yu, Yi Kuo ^c  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; DISULFIDE BOND; GO LIKE MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; SOLVENT AVERAGED INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547692957     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097824     Document Type: Article

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